The effectiveness of a green light emitting diode (LED) trap at capturing the West Indian sweet potato weevil, Euscepes postfasciatus (Fairmaire) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in a sweet potato field

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 491-495

  Nakamoto, Yutaka ^a   Kuba, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a Okinawa Prefectoral Fruit Fly E   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Euscepes postfasciatus; Light emitting diode; Light trap; Monitoring; Sweet potato

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; CYLAS FORMICARIUS; EUSCEPES POSTFASCIATUS; IPOMOEA BATATAS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 8344276041     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2004.491     Document Type: Article

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