Daily Locomotor Activity in the Indian Sweet Potato Weevil, Euscepes postfasciatus (FAIRMAIRE) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and Sweet Potato Weevil, Cylas formicarius (FABRICIUS) (Coleoptera: Brentidae) Monitored by an Actograph System

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 626-628

  Shimizu, Toru ^a   Moriya, Seiichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actograph; Cylas formicarius; Daily rhythm; Euscepes postfasciatus; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

BRENTIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; CYLAS FORMICARIUS; EUSCEPES POSTFASCIATUS; FABRICIUS; FORMICARIUS; IPOMOEA BATATAS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0030350476     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.31.626     Document Type: Article

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