Factors affecting flight activity of Ophraella communa (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), an exotic insect in Japan

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 235-241

  Tanaka, Koichi ^a   Yamanaka, Takehiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age; Dispersal potential; Flight mill; Photoperiod; Ragweed beetle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE STRUCTURE; BEETLE; DIAPAUSE; DISPERSAL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; OVERWINTERING; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; FLYING; LIGHT; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TIME;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEETLES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; LIGHT; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

AMBROSIA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; OPHRAELLA COMMUNA;

EID: 61849126674     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/022.038.0129     Document Type: Article

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