Reproductive behavior of the female carob moth, (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Pan-Pacific Entomologist

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 28-35

  Vetter, Richard S ^a   Tatevossian, Steve ^a,b   Baker, Thomas C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectomyelois ceratoniae; Insecta; Mating Periodicity; Pheromone behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031476572     PISSN: 00310603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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