Chemical cues from Spodoptera litura larvae elicit prey-locating behavior by the predatory stink bug, Eocanthecona furcellata

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 349-354

  Yasuda, Tetsuya ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

attractant; E phytol; Eocanthecona furcellata; Heteroptera; n pentadecane; Pentatomidae; predatory stink bug; proboscis protruding inducer; Spodoptera litura

Indexed keywords

EOCANTHECONA FURCELLATA; SPODOPTERA LITURA; HETEROPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; PENTATOMIDAE;

ASIAN ARMYWORM; CHEMICAL CUE; PRE-LOCATING BEHAVIOUR; PREDATION; PREDATORY STINK BUG; SEARCHING BEHAVIOUR;

EID: 0030619553     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1997.00149.x     Document Type: Article

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