Attractiveness of flickering and non-flickering cool white fluorescent light to Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae), Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae) and Pectinophora gossypiella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) adults, and Acheta domesticus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) and Periplaneta americana (Blattodea: Blattidae) NYMPHS

Southwestern Entomologist

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-81

  Chu, C C ^a   Chen, T Y ^a   Henneberry, T J ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHETA DOMESTICUS; BLATTARIA; BLATTIDAE; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; GELECHIIDAE; GRYLLIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE; ORTHOPTERA; PECTINOPHORA GOSSYPIELLA; PERIPLANETA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA;

EID: 33750470826     PISSN: 01471724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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