Comparison of different light sources for trapping Culicoides biting midges, mosquitoes and other dipterans

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 226, Issue , 2016, Pages 44-49

  González, Mikel ^a   Alarcón Elbal, Pedro María ^b   Valle Mora, Javier ^c   Goldarazena, Arturo ^d  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Km1   (Dominican Republic)

^c EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ceratopogonidae; Culicidae; Culicoides; Diptera; Fluorescent traps; LED traps

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; ATRICHOPOGON; BLUE LIGHT; CHIRONOMIDAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX; CULICOIDES; CULICOIDES CATANEII; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; CULICOIDES PUNCTATUS; CULICOIDES SCOTICUS; DASYHELEA; DIPTERA; FORCIPOMYIA; GREEN LIGHT; LIGHT; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; LIGHT WAVELENGTH; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; RED LIGHT; SPAIN; STILOBEZZIA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WHITE LIGHT; ANIMAL; CERATOPOGONIDAE; COLOR; DEVICES; ILLUMINATION; INSECT VECTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RANDOMIZATION;

ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; COLOR; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; INSECT VECTORS; LIGHT; LIGHTING; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPAIN;

EID: 84978493396     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2016.06.020     Document Type: Article

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