Evidence for a male-produced aggregation pheromone in scyphophorus acupunctatus gyllenhal (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1126-1131

  Ruiz Montiel, Cesar ^a   González Hernández, Héctor ^a   Leyva, Jorge ^a   Llanderal Cazares, Celina ^a   Cruz López, Leopoldo ^b   Rojas, Julio C ^b  

^a Colegio de Postgraduados ^*  (Mexico)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aggregation pheromone; Coleoptera; Curculionidae; Scyphoplwrus acupimctatus

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

AGAVE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGAVE; ANIMALS; BEETLES; FEMALE; MALE; PHEROMONES; SMELL;

EID: 0141941115     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/96.4.1126     Document Type: Article

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