Visual cues collimate the trajectories of almond moth Cadra cautella males flying in wind and still air within a wind-formed plume of pheromone

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-52

  Wisniewska, Joanna ^a   Cardé, Ring T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Almond moth; Klinotaxis; Optomotor anemotaxis; Optomotor collimation; Orientation; Pyralidae; Visual cues

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; FRUIT; MOTH; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; SEX PHEROMONE; VIDEOGRAPHY; VISUAL CUE; WIND TUNNEL;

CADRA CAUTELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; PRUNUS DULCIS; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 84857448202     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2011.00807.x     Document Type: Article

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