Attraction of moths (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Geometridae, Noctuidae) to enantiomers of several epoxydienes

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 392-397

  Landolt, P J ^a   Toth M ^b   Francke, W ^c   Mori, K ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

bait; Insecta; pheromone; sex attractant; trap

Indexed keywords

ARCTIIDAE; GEOMETRIDAE; HALYSIDOTA TESSELLARIS; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; RENIA; ZALE;

EID: 0029909648     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3495588     Document Type: Article

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