Mating Behavior and Performance in the Two Cosmopolitan Mealybug Species Planococcus citri and Pseudococcus calceolariae (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 304-320

  da Silva, Elsa Borges ^a   Branco, Manuela ^a   Mendel, Zvi ^b   Franco, José Carlos ^a  

^a Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coccoidea; courtship; female choice; mating system; Planococcus citri; Pseudococcus calceolariae

Indexed keywords

COCCOIDEA; HEMIPTERA; PLANOCOCCUS CITRI; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE; PSEUDOCOCCUS CALCEOLARIAE;

EID: 84875681952     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-012-9344-6     Document Type: Article

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