Female moths of cotton bollworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) captured by waterbasin traps baited with synthetic female sex pheromone

Insect Science

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 293-299

  Su, Jian Wei ^a   Wang, Hong Tuo ^a   Ge, Feng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Female sex pheromone; Helicoverpa armigera; Mass trapping; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950417389     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2006.00097.x     Document Type: Article

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