Evidence for a male-produced aggregation pheromone in the western conifer seed bug, Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann (Hemiptera: Coreidae)

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 777-778

  Blatt, Suzie E ^a   Borden, John H ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROPHYTA; COREIDAE; HEMIPTERA; LEPTOGLOSSUS OCCIDENTALIS; LYGAEIDAE;

EID: 0029953516     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/Ent128777-4     Document Type: Article

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