Moths trapped in Alaska with feeding attractant lures and the seasonal flight patterns of potential agricultural pests

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 278-291

  Landolt, Peter J ^a   Pantoja, Alberto ^a   Hagerty, Aaron ^a   Crabo, Lars ^b   Green, Daryl ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Subarctic Agricultural Research Unit ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; BAIT; CROP PEST; MOTH; TRAPPING;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMATHES C-NIGRUM; AMPHIPYRINAE; APAMEA DEVASTATOR; CATOCALINAE; CUCULLIINAE; DISCESTRA TRIFOLII; EUXOA OCHROGASTER; GEOMETRIDAE; HADENINAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MACROLEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; NOCTUINAE; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; PLUSIINAE; THYATIRIDAE; TRIFOLIUM; VESPIDAE; XESTIA; XESTIA C-NIGRUM;

EID: 34548029164     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/n06-034     Document Type: Article

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