Flight behaviour of Prostephanus truncatus and Teretrius nigrescens demonstrated by a cheap and simple pheromone-baited trap designed to segregate catches with time

Journal of Stored Products Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 227-232

  Birkinshaw, L A ^a   Hodges, R J ^a   Addo, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b Ministry of Food and Agriculture   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Flight behaviour; Flight trapping; Pheromone trap

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; HISTERIDAE; PROSTEPHANUS TRUNCATUS; TERETRIUS; TERETRIUS NIGRESCENS;

EID: 0345149770     PISSN: 0022474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-474X(02)00094-2     Document Type: Article

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