Ultrasonic courtship song of the yellow peach moth, Conogethes punctiferalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 87-93

  Nakano, Ryo ^a   Takanashi, Takuma ^b   Ihara, Fumio ^a   Mishiro, Koji ^a   Toyama, Masatoshi ^a   Ishikawa, Yukio ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Courtship song; Mate acceptance; Ultrasound; Yellow peach moth

Indexed keywords

CRAMBIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 84860606940     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13355-012-0092-z     Document Type: Article

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