Behavioral and reproductive effects of ultrasound on the Indian meal moth, Plodia interpunctella

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 157-164

  Huang, Fangneng ^a,b   Subramanyam, Bhadriraju ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calling; Lepidoptera; Mating; Oviposition; Plodia interpunctella; Pyralidae; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CALLING BEHAVIOR; MOTH; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTION; ULTRASONICS;

LEPIDOPTERA; PLODIA INTERPUNCTELLA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 11244305957     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-8703.2004.00217.x     Document Type: Article

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