Monitoring oak processionary moth Thaumetopoea processionea L. using pheromone traps: The influence of pheromone lure source, trap design and height above the ground on capture rates

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 126-134

  Williams, David T ^a   Straw, N ^a   Townsend, M ^b   Wilkinson, A S ^c   Mullins, A ^c  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b Gristwood and Toms Limited   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lepidoptera; Monitoring; Pheromones; Quercus spp; Survey; Thaumetopoeidae; Traps

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; QUERCUS; THAUMETOPOEA PROCESSIONEA; THAUMETOPOEINAE;

EID: 84876424743     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: 14619563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/afe.12005     Document Type: Article

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