Effects of larval density on flight potential of the beet webworm, Loxostege sticticalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1579-1585

  Kong, Hailong ^a,b   Luo, Lizhi ^b   Jiang, Xingfu ^b   Zhang, Lei ^b  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

flight potential; larval density; Loxostege sticticalis; preoviposition period; triglyceride contents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; ESTER; FLIGHT; LARVA; MOTH; OVIPOSITION; REARING; WATER CONTENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; LARVA; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CHINA; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; MOTHS; POPULATION DENSITY; PUPA; REPRODUCTION;

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

EID: 77957815625     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN09314     Document Type: Article

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