The relative performance of pheromone and light traps in monitoring the seasonal activity of both sexes of the eastern hemlock looper, Lambdina fiscellaria fiscellaria

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-98

  Delisle, Johanne ^a   West, Richard John ^a   Bowers, Wade Woodrow ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eastern hemlock looper; Light traps; Pheromone traps; Reproductive state; Seasonal trapping; Temperature; Trapping periodicity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; MONITORING; MOTH; SEASONALITY; TRAPPING;

CANADA;

GEOMETRIDAE; LAMBDINA FISCELLARIA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0032432125     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1998.00385.x     Document Type: Article

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