Light trapping of biting midges Culicoides spp. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) with green light-emitting diodes

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 202-205

  Bishop, Alan L ^a   Bellis, Glenn A ^b   McKenzie, Harry J ^a   Spohr, Lorraine J ^a   Worrall, Ross J ^a   Harris, Anne M ^a   Melville, Lorna ^c  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b Australian Government Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry   (Australia)

^c Department of Primary Industry Fisheries and Mines ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Culicoides brevitarsis; LEDs; Ultraviolet; Vectors; Viruses

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES BREVITARSIS; DIPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 33845519337     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: 14406055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.2006.00538.x     Document Type: Article

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