A global food plant dataset for wild silkmoths and hawkmoths and its use in documenting polyphagy of their caterpillars (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea: Saturniidae, Sphingidae)

Herbivorous insects represent a major fraction of global biodiversity and the relationships they have established with their food plants range from strict specialists to broad generalists. Our knowledge of these relationships is of primary importance to basic (e.g. the study of insect ecology and ev...

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Main Authors: Liliana Ballesteros Mejia, Pierre Arnal, Winnie Hallwachs, Jean Haxaire, Daniel Janzen, Ian Kitching, Rodolphe Rougerie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2020-12-01
Series:Biodiversity Data Journal
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Online Access:https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/60027/download/pdf/