Influence of Diet Upon the Composition of Pheromone Volatiles in Galleria mellonella (Greater Wax Moth) Males

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 129-138

  Ponomarev, V L ^a   Vendilo, N V ^a   Pletnev, V A ^a   Lebedeva, K V ^a   Melnikov, N N ^a  

^a Res Inst of Plant Protect Chem   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Calling; Diet; Galleria mellonella; Heptanal; Hexanal; Mass spectrometry; Pheromone

Indexed keywords

GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0345877643     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1997)36:2<129::AID-ARCH5>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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