Flight and oviposition behavior toward different host plant species by the cabbage moth, Mamestra brassicae (L.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 247-254

  Rojas, Julio C ^a,b   Wyatt, Tristram D ^a   Birch, Martin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Landing; Mamestra brassicae; Orientation; Oviposition; Polyphagous

Indexed keywords

MAMESTRA BRASSICAE;

EID: 0034042684     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007792332046     Document Type: Article

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