Location of the pheromone producing gland in the European grapevine moth, Lobesia botrana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 507-511

  El Sayed, Ashraf ^a,b   Witzgall, Peter ^b   Arn, Heinrich ^a,b  

^a Swiss Federal Research Station for Fruit Growing Viticulture and Horticulture   (Switzerland)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

(E) 7,(Z) 9 dodecadienyl acetate; European grapevine moth; Lobesia botrana; Sex pheromone gland; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOPTERA; LOBESIA BOTRANA; TORTRICIDAE; VITIS;

EID: 0032271185     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.33.507     Document Type: Article

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