Pheromone identification of Dioryctria abietivorella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from an Eastern North American population: Geographic variation in pheromone response

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-135

  Grant, Gary G ^a   Millar, Jocelyn G ^b   Trudel, Richard ^c,d  

^a GREAT LAKES FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^d Société de Protection des Forêts contre les Insectes et Maladies SOPFIM   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTANT; CONIFEROUS TREE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PEST SPECIES; PHEROMONE;

CANADA;

ABIES; DIORYCTRIA ABIETELLA; DIORYCTRIA ABIETIVORELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 77649250846     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/n09-008     Document Type: Article

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