Disruption of the odour-mediated mating behaviour of Plodia interpunctella using high-frequency sound

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 187-192

  Svensson, Glenn P ^a   Skals, Niels ^a   Löfstedt, Christer ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antipredator behaviour; Calling behaviour; Lepidoptera; Mating disruption; Orientation; Pest control; Plodia interpunctella; Pyralidae; Sex pheromone; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; MATING DISRUPTION; MOTH; ORIENTATION; PEST CONTROL; SEX PHEROMONE; ULTRASONICS;

LEPIDOPTERA; PLODIA INTERPUNCTELLA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 0347147110     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.2003.00022.x     Document Type: Article

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