Latencies of behavioral response to interception of filaments of sex pheromone and clean air influence flight track shape in Heliothis virescens (F.) males

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 831-847

  Vickers, N J ^a   Baker, T C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Heliothis; Lepidoptera; Noctuidae; Plume structure

Indexed keywords

HELIOTHIS; HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 5244303778     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00225831     Document Type: Article

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