Use of pheromone mimic to cause the disintegration and collapse of colonies of tent caterpillars (Malacosoma spp.)

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 451-460

  Fitzgerald, T D ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

5 cholestan 3 one; Eastern tent caterpillar; Forest tent caterpillar; Malacosoma americanum; Malacosoma disstria; Pheromone mimic

Indexed keywords

CATERPILLAR; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCE; HOST PLANT; MATING DISRUPTION; PEST CONTROL; PHEROMONE; SURVIVAL;

MALACOSOMA; MALACOSOMA AMERICANUM; MALACOSOMA DISSTRIA;

EID: 44949124538     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: 14390418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2008.01286.x     Document Type: Article

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