The influence of tactile and other non-chemical factors on the ovipositional responses of the generalist herbivore Epiphyas postvittana

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 147-159

  Foster, S P ^a   Howard, A J ^a   Harris, M O ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Generalist; Lepidoptera; Tactile stimuli; Totricidae; Visual stimuli

Indexed keywords

EPIPHYAS POSTVITTANA; LEPIDOPTERA; TORTRICIDAE;

LEAF CHARACTERISTICS; OVIPOSITION; TACTILE STIMULUS;

EID: 0030616763     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1997.00167.x     Document Type: Article

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