Host-plant finding by the asparagus fly, Plioreocepta poeciloptera (Diptera: Tephritidae), a monophagous, monovoltine tephritid

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 393-399

  Thibout, E ^a   Pierre, D ^a   Mondy, N ^a   Lecomte, C ^a   Biemont J C ^a   Auger, J ^a  

^a Parc Grandmont   (France)

Author keywords

Asparagus; Behaviour; Host finding; Olfactory stimuli; Plant volatiles; Plioreocepta poeciloptera; Visual stimuli

Indexed keywords

HOST LOCATION; HOST PLANT; OLFACTORY CUE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASPARAGUS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHEMISTRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; MALE; ODOR; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEPHRITIDAE; VISION;

ANIMALS; ASPARAGUS PLANT; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; MALE; ODORS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SMELL; TEPHRITIDAE; VISION;

ASPARAGUS; DIPTERA; INSECTA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 27344451138     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BER2005370     Document Type: Article

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