Cut to Disarm Plant Defence: A Unique Oviposition Behaviour in Rhynchites foveipennis (Coleoptera: Attelabidae)
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DOI: 10.3390/insects14020200
Abstract: Simple Summary Female Rhynchites foveipennis damages fruit stems when laying eggs in pears; the consequence of this interesting behaviour is poorly studied. The present study tested the hypothesis that the oviposition behaviour disarms the host… read more here.
Keywords: oviposition; fruit stems; defence; rhynchites foveipennis ... See more keywords