Mating behavior and sexual response to aggregation pheromone of Rhynchophorus cruentatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 351-360

  Vanderbilt, Claudia F ^a   Giblin Davis, Robin M ^a   Weissling, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

5 methyl 4 octanol; Aggregation; Mating behavior; Pheromone; Rhynchophorus cruentatus

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; BEETLE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; MATING BEHAVIOR; PHEROMONE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; RHYNCHOPHORUS CRUENTATUS;

EID: 0031768289     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3495925     Document Type: Article

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