Observations on Lepidopteran Leaf-Shelters as Molting Refuges for the Stink Bug Elasmucha Putoni (Heteroptera: Acanthosomatidae)

When molting to the adult, the acanthosomatid bug Elasmucha putoni form aggregations on the wild mulberry Morus bombycis. The 5th-instar nymphs and/or newly molted adults were found more often in leaves rolled, folded, or tied by tortricid larvae than on unmodified leaves. Bugs probably seek prote...

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Main Author: Shin-Ichi Kudo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1994-01-01
Series:Psyche: A Journal of Entomology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1994/12083
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