Flight activity changes of the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), by aging and copulation as measured by flight actograph

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-61

  Saito, Osamu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actograph; Copulation; Cotton bollworm; Flight activity; Helicoverpa armigera

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 0034134298     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2000.53     Document Type: Article

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