Central nervous processing of sex pheromones in two strains of the European corn borer Ostrinia nubilalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1073-1087

  Anton, Sylvia ^a   Löfstedt, Christer ^a   Hansson, Bill S ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

antennal lobe; electrophysiology; European corn borer; moth; neuroanatomy; olfaction; Ostrinia nubilalis

Indexed keywords

GLOMERULUS; LEPIDOPTERA; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS; PYRALIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0343307140     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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