Host plant finding by Acraea acerata Hew. (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), the sweet potato butterfly : implications for pest management
Phytophagous insects such as lepidopteran species utilise both olfactory and visual cues to locate their host-plants used as mating or oviposition sites, shelter or food. Larvae of <i>Acraea acerata </i>feed on sweet potato plant leaves causing more that 50% loss of sweet potato tuber yi...
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University of Edinburgh
2001
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.652475 |