Cowpea weevil flights to a point source of female sex pheromone: Analyses of flight tracks at three wind speeds

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 103-109

  Kuenen, L P S ^a   Rowe, H C ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Callosobruchus maculatus; Cowpea weevil; Flight; Orientation; Sex pheromone; Wind speed; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

ENTOMOLOGY; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; MOTH; PERTURBATION; PEST SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX PHEROMONE; WIND VELOCITY;

CALLOSOBRUCHUS MACULATUS; COLEOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 33646528182     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2005.00491.x     Document Type: Article

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