Mating behaviour, and evidence for a female‐released sex pheromone, in wiseana copularis (Meyrick)(Lepidoptera: Hepialidae)

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 257-262

  Allan, Rachel A ^a   Wang, Q ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Mating behaviour; Sex pheromone; Wiseana copularis

Indexed keywords

MATING BEHAVIOR; MOTH; PHEROMONE; SEX HORMONE;

HEPIALIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0034759488     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2001.9518268     Document Type: Article

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