Adaptive significance of precocious pupation in the bean blister beetle, Epicauta gorhami (Coleoptera: Meloidae), a hypermetamorphic insect.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2017.03.011
Abstract: Larvae of the bean blister beetle, Epicauta gorhami Marseul (Coleoptera: Meloidae), feed on grasshopper eggs in soil and undergo hypermetamorphosis. They normally enter diapause as a pseudopupa at the fifth instar, a form characteristic of… read more here.
Keywords: blister beetle; epicauta gorhami; beetle epicauta; diapause ... See more keywords