Sexual behavior of the navel orangeworm, Amyelois transitella (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 769-774

  Parra Pedrazzoli, Ana Lia ^a   Leal, Walter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Courtship behavior; Mating behavior; Protandry; Rearing protocol

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

AMYELOIS TRANSITELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; PISTACIA VERA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 33846827214     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2006000600008     Document Type: Article

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