Development and survivorship of immature angoumois grain moth (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) on stored corn

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 807-814

  Perez Mendoza, Joel ^a,b   Weaver, David K ^a,b   Throne, James E ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn; Life history; Modeling; Sitotroga cerealella; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; HUMIDITY; LIFE HISTORY; MAIZE; PEST SPECIES; STORAGE; SURVIVORSHIP; TEMPERATURE;

GELECHIIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; SITOTROGA CEREALELLA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 4344675399     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-33.4.807     Document Type: Article

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