Evaluation of synthetic pheromones for monitoring forest tent caterpillar (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) populations

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 214-219

  Schmidt, B C ^a   Roland, J ^a   Wakarchuk, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Pherotech International Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Malacosoma disstria; Populus tremuloides; Sex pheromone traps

Indexed keywords

FOREST; MONITORING; PEST OUTBREAK; PHEROMONE TRAP;

LASIOCAMPIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MALACOSOMA; MALACOSOMA DISSTRIA; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 0037306955     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-32.1.214     Document Type: Article

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