The pre-calling period and starting time of calling by females of three Japanese populations of the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera Hübner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 123-127

  Casimero, Vic ^a   Tsukuda, Ritsuko ^a   Nakasuji, Fusao ^a   Fujisaki, Kenji ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Helicoverpa armigera; Migration; Pre calling period; Pre reproductive period

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HELICOVERPA ZEA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 0033074554     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.34.123     Document Type: Article

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