Feeding on methyl eugenol and Fagraea berteriana flowers increases long-range female attraction by males of the oriental fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 634-640

  Shelly, Todd E ^a  

^a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bactrocera dorsalis; Lek; Methyl eugenol; Pheromone

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; MATE CHOICE; PHEROMONE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANIMALIA; BACTROCERA DORSALIS; CITRUS SINENSIS; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FAGRAEA BERTERIANA; FAGRAEA BERTEROANA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 0035691271     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3496395     Document Type: Article

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