More rare males in Ostrinia: Response of Asian corn borer moths to the sex pheromone of the European corn borer

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 199-212

  Linn Jr , Charles E ^a   Musto, Callie J ^a   Roelofs, Wendell L ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian corn borer; Behavioral antagonist; European corn borer; Flight tunnel Ostrinia furnacalis; Ostrinia nubilalis; Pheromone evolution; Response specificity; Sex pheromone

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTH; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FLYING; MALE; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; MOTHS; SEX ATTRACTANTS;

LEPIDOPTERA; OSTRINIA; OSTRINIA FURNACALIS; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS;

EID: 33845748566     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-006-9204-y     Document Type: Article

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