Effect of synthetic pheromone on gypsy moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) trap catch and mating success beyond treated areas

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1119-1127

  Sharov, Alexei A ^a   Thorpe, Kevin W ^a,b   Tcheslavskaia, Ksenia ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparlure; Gypsy moth; Lymantria dispar; Mating disruption; Pheromone; Release recapture

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; MATING DISRUPTION; MATING SUCCESS; PHEROMONE TRAP;

LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; LYMANTRIIDAE;

EID: 0036964106     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-31.6.1119     Document Type: Article

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