Electroantennogram responses of both sexes of grape root borer (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) to synthetic female sex pheromone

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 943-946

  Pearson, G A ^a,b   Schal, Coby ^b  

^a ALBION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female behavior; Pheromone; Pheromone autodetection; Vitacea polistiformis

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; INVERTEBRATE; PHEROMONE; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS;

INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; SESIIDAE; VITACEA; VITACEA POLISTIFORMIS; VITIS SP.;

EID: 0033392227     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/28.6.943     Document Type: Article

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