Experimental evidence for male biased flight-to-light behavior in two moth species

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 259-265

  Altermatt, Florian ^a,b   Baumeyer, Adrian ^a   Ebert, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Hintermann and Weber SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Geometridae; Heath trap; Lepidoptera; Ligdia adustata; Light trap; Sex bias; Sexual dimorphism; Yponomeuta cagnagella; Yponomeutidae

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; LIGHT EFFECT; MALE BEHAVIOR; MOTH; POPULATION SIZE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

GEOMETRIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; YPONOMEUTA CAGNAGELLUS; YPONOMEUTIDAE;

EID: 59449094174     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2008.00817.x     Document Type: Article

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