Female arctiid moths, Utetheisa ornatrix, orient towards and join pheromonal choruses

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 673-680

  Lim, Hangkyo ^a   Greenfield, Michael D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

arctiid moth; lekking behaviour; mate choice; olfaction; sexual selection; Utetheisa ornatrix

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; MOTH; OLFACTION; SEX PHEROMONE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING;

ARCTIIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; UTETHEISA ORNATRIX;

EID: 38649107049     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.07.021     Document Type: Article

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