Conspecific eggs and bertha armyworm, Mamestra configurata (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), oviposition site selection

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 529-534

  Ulmer, Bryan ^a,b   Gillott, Cedric ^a,b   Erlandson, Martin ^a  

^a SASKATOON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bertha armyworm; Conspecific eggs; Mamestra configurata; Oviposition

Indexed keywords

INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; OVIPOSITION; SITE SELECTION;

INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMESTRA CONFIGURATA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 0038235032     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-32.3.529     Document Type: Article

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