Influence of age, sex and mating status, egg load, prior exposure to mates, and time of day on host-finding behavior of Mamestra brassicae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 155-162

  Rojas, Julio C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Host finding behavior; Mamestra brassicae; Oviposition

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOTIC FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOST LOCATION; MOTH;

ANIMALIA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; CHRYSANTHEMUM; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMESTRA BRASSICAE; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 0032940208     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/28.2.155     Document Type: Article

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