Male-made abdominal marks as an indicator of female mating status in noctuid species

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 226-229

  Torres Vila, L M ^a   McNeil, J N ^b  

^a Serv de Invest y Desarrollo Tecn   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdominal marks; Aporophyla nigra; Hecatera bicolorata; Mating status; Mythimna unipuncta; Noctuid

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044440980     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2001)094[0226:MMAMAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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