Behavioural and olfactory variations in the leek moth, Acrolepiopsis assectella, after several generations of rearing under diverse conditions

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 305-311

  Lecomte, C ^a   Pierre, D ^a   Pouzat, J ^a   Thibout, E ^a  

^a Parc Grandmont   (France)

Author keywords

Allium; Attraction; EAG; Generations; Green leaf volatiles; Hyponomeutoidea; Leek moth; Lepidoptera; Olfactory responsiveness; Rearing conditions; Sensitivity variations; Sulphur volatiles; Walking behaviour

Indexed keywords

ACROLEPIOPSIS ASSECTELLA; ALLIUM PORRUM;

EID: 0031980443     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1998.00293.x     Document Type: Article

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