Aggregation sites for adult European corn borers (Lepidoptera: Crambidae): A comparison of prairie and non-native vegetation

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 608-617

  Pleasants, John M ^a   Bitzer, Royce J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation site; Corn borer; Microclimate; Ostrinia nubilalis; Prairie; Roadside vegetation

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MOTH;

ALOPECURUS PRATENSIS; ANIMALIA; BROMUS; BROMUS INERMIS; BROMUS STAMINEUS; CRAMBIDAE; CRAMBINAE; LEPIDOPTERA; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032834473     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/28.4.608     Document Type: Article

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