Reproductive Biology of Pseudococcus maritimus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)

Autor: Rebeccah A. Waterworth, Jocelyn G. Millar
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Journal of Economic Entomology. 105:949-956
ISSN: 0022-0493
Popis: This study characterized several parameters associated with reproductive behaviors of a Californian population of the grape mealybug, Pseudococcus maritimus (Ehrhorn). Experiments with caged adults confirmed that females from this population could not reproduce parthenogenetically. Both sexes were capable of mating multiple times on the same day and on sequential days. Median times between copulations were short (
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