Influence of visual and olfactory cues on field trapping of the pollen beetle, Astylus atromaculatus (Col.: Melyridae)

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 490-496

  Van Den Berg, J ^a   Torto, B ^b   Pickett, J A ^c   Smart, L E ^c   Wadhams, L J ^c   Woodcock, C M ^c  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astylus atromaculatus; Attractant visual cue; Melyridae; Pollen beetle; Trap

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BAIT; BEETLE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OLFACTORY CUE; POLLEN; SORGHUM; TRAPPING; VISUAL CUE;

COLEOPTERA; MELIGETHES; MELYRIDAE;

EID: 44949184542     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: 14390418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2007.01259.x     Document Type: Article

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