Identification and possible functions of the hairpencil scent of the yellow peach moth, Conogethes punctiferalis (Guenée) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 147-153

  Kimura, Takayoshi ^a   Honda, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conogethes punctiferalis; Hairpencil scent; Male sex pheromone; Mating behavior; Tiglic acid

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOPTERA; PRUNUS PERSICA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 0033241052     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.34.147     Document Type: Article

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