Orientation of flying male Anobium punctatum (Coleoptera: Anobiidae) to sex pheromone: Separating effects of visual stimuli and physical barriers to wind

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 191-196

  Wyatt, Tristram D ^a   Vastiau, Katia ^a,b   Birch, Martin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anobiidae; Anobium punctatum; Coleoptera; Flight; Olfactory orientation; Pheromone; Turbulence; Visual orientation; Woodworm

Indexed keywords

ANOBIIDAE; ANOBIUM PUNCTATUM; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

FLYING BEHAVIOUR; OLFACTORY ORIENTATION; ORIENTATION; SEX PHEROMONE; VISUAL ORIENTATION; WOODWORM;

EID: 0030613205     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1997.tb01157.x     Document Type: Article

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