Attractiveness and specificity of pheromone-baited traps for male dogwood borer, Synanthedon scitula Harris (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 268-275

  Leskey, Tracy C ^a   Bergh, J Christopher ^b   Walgenbach, James F ^c   Zhang, Aijun ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dogwood borer; Monitoring traps; Sesiidae; Sex pheromone; Synanthedon scitula

Indexed keywords

CAPTURE METHOD; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INSECT; ORCHARD; SEX PHEROMONE; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA;

CORNUS; LEPIDOPTERA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; SESIIDAE; SYNANTHEDON SCITULA;

EID: 33750208350     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-35.2.268     Document Type: Article

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