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Trail marking by larvae of the cactus moth, Cactoblastis cactorum

The cactus moth, Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), spends most of its larval life feeding within the cladodes of Opuntia cactuses, but the gregarious caterpillars begin their life outside the plant, and in the later instars make intermittent excursions over plant surfac- es to a...

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Autores principales: Fitzgerald, Terrence D., Wolfin, Michael, Rossi, Frank, Carpenter, James E., Pescador-Rubio, Alfonso
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4207523/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25373211
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jis/14.1.64