Improving the floral attractant to lure Epicometis hirta Poda (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae)

Journal of Pest Science

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-20

  Vuts, József ^a   Szarukán, István ^b   Subchev, Mitko ^c   Toshova, Teodora ^c   Tóth, Miklós ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

4 Methoxyphenethyl alcohol; Electroantennogram; Epicometis hirta; Floral bait; Methyl salicylate

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTANT; BAIT; FLORA;

CETONIINAE; COLEOPTERA; EPICOMETIS HIRTA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 76149083539     PISSN: 16124758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10340-009-0263-z     Document Type: Article

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