Male courtship ultrasound produced by mesothoracic tymbal organs in the yellow peach moth Conogethes punctiferalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 129-135

  Nakano, Ryo ^a   Ihara, Fumio ^a   Mishiro, Koji ^a   Toyama, Masatoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Mating behavior; Tymbal; Ultrasonic click; Yellow peach moth

Indexed keywords

CAELIFERA; CICADA; CICADIDAE; CRAMBIDAE; ENSIFERA (INSECTS); GRYLLIDAE; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 84860617922     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13355-012-0099-5     Document Type: Article

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