Effects of Tebufenozide (RH-5992) for Gypsy Moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) Suppression on Nontarget Canopy Arthropods

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1009-1015

  Butler, Linda ^a   Kondo, Vicki ^a   Blue, Deborah ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy arthropods; Ecdysone agonist; Gypsy moth; Macrolepidoptera; Nontarget arthropods; Tebufenozide

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; GEOMETRIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENIDAE; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; LYMANTRIIDAE; MACROLEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; NOTODONTIDAE; QUERCUS;

EID: 0043201584     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/26.5.1009     Document Type: Article

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