Flight mill performance of the lacewing Chrysoperla sinica (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) as a function of age, temperature, and relative humidity

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 94-100

  Liu, Zhongfang ^a   McNeil, Jeremy N ^b   Wu, Kongming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

biological control; Chrysoperla sinica; dispersal; flight activity; flight mill

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLYING; HUMIDITY; INSECT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE;

AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; HUMIDITY; INSECTS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPERATURE;

CHRYSOPERLA; CHRYSOPIDAE; HEXAPODA; NEUROPTERA;

EID: 79952119286     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EC10331     Document Type: Article

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