Effect of adult diet on signaling activity, mate attraction, and mating success in male Mediterranean fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 150-155

  Shelly, T E ^a,b   Kennelly, S S ^b   McInnis, D O ^c  

^a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult diet; Ceratitis capitata; Mate attraction; Medfly; Signaling

Indexed keywords

DIET; MATE ATTRACTION; MATING BEHAVIOR; MATING SUCCESS; REARING; SIGNALING; STERILE RELEASE METHOD;

CAPITATA; CERATITIS; CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INVERTEBRATA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 0038128286     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2002)085[0150:eoados]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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