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Life history of flight morph females of Callosobruchus maculatus F.: evidence of a reproductive diapause.
Journal of insect physiology - 1 Jun 2003
Zannou E T, Glitho I A, Huignard J, Monge J P
Abstract excerpt
Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) (Coleoptera : Bruchidae) is a tropical beetle that develops in the seeds of Vigna unguiculata. C. maculatus adults show an imaginal polymorphism with differences in morphological, behavioral and reproductive characteristics. Adults of the flight morph that emerge in cowpea storage systems were studied under natural climatic conditions. A large number of the flight morph females were...
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