Ultraviolet and violet light: Attractive orientation cues for the Indian meal moth, Plodia interpunctella

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 148-158

  Cowan, Thomas ^a   Gries, Gerhard ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological control; Electroretinogram; Foraging; Lepidoptera; Phototactic response; Pyralidae

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IRRADIANCE; LIGHT EFFECT; LIGHT INTENSITY; MOTH; TWILIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WAVELENGTH;

LEPIDOPTERA; PLODIA INTERPUNCTELLA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 64549087608     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2009.00838.x     Document Type: Article

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