Spring migration and summer dispersal of Loxostege sticticalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) and other insects observed with radar in northern China

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1253-1265

  Feng, Hongqiang ^a,b   Wu, Kongming ^a   Cheng, Dengfa ^a   Guo, Yuyuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Flight behavior; Loxostege sticticalis; Migration; Radar observation

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; MIGRATION; MOTH; RADAR;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; LOXOSTEGE STICTICALIS; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 7644237645     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-33.5.1253     Document Type: Article

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