Performance of sterile Cactoblastis cactorum (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) females in luring males to traps

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 395-399

  Bloem, Stephanie ^a   Carpenter, James E ^b   Bloem, Kenneth A ^a  

^a FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cactus moth; Invasive species; Opuntia; SIT; Survey

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; MOTH; PEST CONTROL; STERILE RELEASE METHOD; TRAPPING;

GULF COAST [MEXICO]; GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CACTACEAE; CACTOBLASTIS CACTORUM; LEPIDOPTERA; OPUNTIA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 1042267529     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2003)086[0395:POSCCP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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