Sex pheromone components of pitch pine looper, Lambdina pellucidaria

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 491-500

  Maier, Chris T ^a   Gries, Regine ^b   Gries, Gerhard ^b  

^a Connecticut Agric Exp Station ^*  (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

5,11 dimethylheptadecane; 7,11 dimethyl heptadecane; 7 meth ylheptadecane; Geometridae; Lambdina athasaria; Lambdina fiscellaria; Lambdina pellucidaria; Lepidoptera; Sex pheromone; Synergism

Indexed keywords

ABIES BALSAMEA; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; GEOMETRIDAE; LAMBDINA ATHASARIA; LAMBDINA FISCELLARIA; LAMBDINA PELLUCIDARIA; LEPIDOPTERA; PINUS (SUBGENUS); PINUS CARIBAEA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 0031918687     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022312802940     Document Type: Article

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