Larvae ofAenetus virescens(Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) in decaying wood
- 1 December 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in New Zealand Journal of Zoology
- Vol. 6 (4) , 583-586
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1979.10428400
Abstract
Larvae of Aenetus virescens (Doubleday) have previously been recorded only from the wood of live trees or shrubs. This paper describes the circumstances in which larvae occupy decaying wood in the forest habitat. Young larvae are considered to exist in dead wood for no more than a year. They then disperse to live trees, in which development is completed.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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