Tethered-flight and age-related reproductive performance of Helicoverpa punctigera (Wallengren) and H. armigera (Hubner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 409-422

  Coombs, Marc ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT CAPACITY; MOTH; REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE; TETHERED FLIGHT;

HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HELICOVERPA PUNCTIGERA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 0030828598     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO96064     Document Type: Article

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