Assortative mating in two pheromone strains of the cabbage looper moth, Trichoplusia ni

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 805-817

  Zhu, Junwei ^a   Chastain, Bonnie B ^a   Spohn, Bryan G ^a   Haynes, Kenneth F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assortative mating; Cabbage looper moth; Female pheromone; Trichoplusia ni; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; TRICHOPLUSIA NI;

EID: 0031461903     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOIR.0000010414.28494.9a     Document Type: Article

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