Journal: Environmental entomology / Publication Year: 1995 / Source: 1995 v.24 no.3 / Subject: 3 selected

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Author:: Phoofolo, M.W.; Obrycki, J.J.
Source:: Environmental entomology 1995 v.24 no.3 pp. 581-587
ISSN:: 0046-225X
Subject:: Coccinella septempunctata; life tables; oviposition; geographical variation; predators; population; life cycle (organisms); Central European region; Iowa; France; Delaware
Abstract:: ... Life-history characteristics of four populations of Coccinella septempunctata L. were quantified and compared at 26 degrees C and 18:6 (L:D) h on a diet of pea aphids, Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris). Populations were from two locations in the United States (Iowa and Delaware) and two locations in Eurasia (France and Ukraine/Moldavia/Crimea). Large intrapopulation variation was observed in preoviposi ...
DOI:: 10.1093/ee/24.3.581
: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ee/24.3.581