Attraction of larvae of the armyworm Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) to coloured surfaces

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 697-699

  Singh, Ashok K ^a   Saxena, Kailash N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Armyworm; Colour; Spodoptera litura; Visual attraction of larvae

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTANT; COLOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LARVA; TRAPPING;

CONUS STIMPSONI; LEPIDOPTERA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NOCTUIDAE; SPODOPTERA; SPODOPTERA LITURA;

EID: 12844282280     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2004.092     Document Type: Article

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