Biology and rearing of pseudocoremia suavis, an endemic looper (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) with a history of outbreaks on exotic conifers

New Zealand Entomologist

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-82

  Berndt, Lisa ^a   Brockerhoff, Eckehard G ^a   Jactel, Hervé ^a,b   Weiss, Tanja ^a   Beaton, Janette ^a  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Calling phenology; Developmental polymorphism; Head capsule width; Life history; Phenology; Rearing

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009314090     PISSN: 00779962     EISSN: 11793430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00779962.2004.9722127     Document Type: Article

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