Attachment ability of the codling moth Cydia pomonella L. to rough substrates

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1966-1972

  Al Bitar, Loris ^a   Voigt, Dagmar ^b,c   Zebitz, Claus P W ^a   Gorb, Stanislav N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arolium; Centrifugal force test; Claws; Friction; Insect plant interactions; Lepidoptera; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

EPOXY RESIN;

ADULT; BODY MASS; CENTRIFUGAL MODEL TEST; FRICTION; HOST PLANT; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; MOTH; OVIPOSITION; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; RESIN; SUBSTRATE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRICTION; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALS; EPOXY RESINS; FEMALE; FRICTION; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; PLANTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

CYDIA POMONELLA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; TORTRICIDAE;

EID: 77958483939     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.08.021     Document Type: Article

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