Non-polar body waxes enhance sex pheromone activity in the yellow peach moth, Conogethes punctiferalis (Guenée) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 449-456

  Xiao, Wei ^a   Honda, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body wax; Conogethes punctiferalis; Pheromone; Synergist

Indexed keywords

CRAMBIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 77956249757     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2010.449     Document Type: Article

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