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Oviposition and egg brooding by the mosquito Trichoprosopon digitatum in cacao husks

1983; Wiley; Volume: 8; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1365-2311.1983.tb00526.x

1365-2311

L. Philip Lounibos, C. E. Machado-Allison,

Food Chemistry and Fat Analysis

Discarded fruit husks which catch rain water provide transitory yet nourishing habitats for larval mosquitoes. In this report we describe maternal care of eggs and how husk fluid and shape influence oviposition of a neotropical mosquito, Trichoprosopon digitatum (Ron‐dani), in cacao.