Response of apple maggot and cherry fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) to color and contrast cues from small deposits

Journal of Entomological Science

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 65-74

  Teixeira, L A F ^a   Gut, L J ^a   Isaacs, R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apple; Cherry; Cingulata; Color; Cue; Pomonella; Rhagoletis

Indexed keywords

CINGULATA; DIPTERA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; RHAGOLETIS; RHAGOLETIS CINGULATA; RHAGOLETIS POMONELLA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 79751479401     PISSN: 07498004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18474/0749-8004-45.2.65     Document Type: Article

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