Functional Response of Xylocoris flavipes to Angoumois Grain Moth and Influence of Predation on Regulation of Laboratory Populations12
- 1 December 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 72 (6), 847-849
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/72.6.847
Abstract
In a laboratory study, Xylocoris flavipes (Reuter) attacked eggs and larvae of Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier) but killed more early instars. The predator killed more prey as exposure time and density of prey increased. In a separate laboratory test, X. flavipes effectively reduced populations of Angoumois grain moths in small quantities of grain. The predator reduced the amount of damage to the grain because it killed the prey before it entered the grain.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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