Effect of trap position, habitat, and height on the capture of pepper maggot flies (diptera: tephritidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 455-461

  Boucher, Thomas Jude ^a   Ashley, Richard Allan ^a   Adams Jr , Roger Gilbert ^a   Morris, Thomas Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Monitoring; Pepper maggot; Tephritidae; Zonosemata electa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FLY; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; TREE;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; ECOSYSTEM; INSECT CONTROL; TREES;

EID: 0035320880     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-94.2.455     Document Type: Article

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