Does the onset of sexual maturation terminate the expression of migratory behaviour in moths? A study of the oriental armyworm, Mythimna separata

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1039-1043

  Zhao, Xin Cheng ^a   Feng, Hong Qiang ^b   Wu, Bo ^a   Wu, Xian Fu ^a   Liu, Zhong Fang ^a   Wu, Kong Ming ^a   McNeil, Jeremy N ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Armyworm; Migration; Mythimna separata; Searchlight trapping; Sexual maturation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAPTURE METHOD; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; LIGHT; MATING BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MOTH; SEXUAL MATURITY; SPERMATOPHORE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MOTH; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CHINA; FEMALE; MALE; MOTHS; OVARY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEXUAL MATURATION;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYTHIMNA SEPARATA;

EID: 70249128987     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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