Electroantennogram studies of potential oviposition attractants for Toxorhynchites moctezuma and T. amboinensis mosquitoes

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 214-219

  Collins, Larissa E ^a,b   Blackwell, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Mosquito; Oviposition; T. moctezuma; Toxorhynchites amboinensis

Indexed keywords

TOXORHYNCHITES AMBOINENSIS; TOXORHYNCHITES MOCTEZUMA;

EID: 0031658434     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.1998.233091.x     Document Type: Article

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