Adaptations of two specialist herbivores to movement on the hairy leaf surface of their host, Solanum guaraniticum Hassl (Solanaceae) Adaptações de dois herbívoros especialistas ao movimento, em folhas com tricomas do sua hospedeira, Solanum guaraniticum Hassl (Solanaceae)
Plant trichomes can difficult the attachment and movement of small insects. Here, we examine the hypothesis that the success on the use of densely haired hosts by two cassidine species is determined by differential morphology and behavior. Larvae of Gratiana graminea (Klug, 1829) and Gratiana confor...
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Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia
2007-01-01
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| Series: | Revista Brasileira de Entomologia |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262007000200011 |