Effects of Moonlight and Meteorological Factors on Light and Bait Trap Catches of Noctuid Moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1283-1290

  Yela, José Luis ^a,b   Holyoak, Marcel ^b,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bait traps; Flight activity; Light traps; Meteorological factors; Moonlight; Noctuid moth assemblage

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 0000939210     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/26.6.1283     Document Type: Article

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