The role of chemical cues in host-plant selection by adult female Homoeosoma electellum (Hulst) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) and Cochylis hospes Walsingham (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

Maboko S. Mphosi; Stephen S. Foster

doi:10.5897/AJAR12.393

African Journal of
Agricultural Research

Abbreviation: Afr. J. Agric. Res.
Language: English
ISSN: 1991-637X
DOI: 10.5897/AJAR
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The role of chemical cues in host-plant selection by adult female Homoeosoma electellum (Hulst) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) and Cochylis hospes Walsingham (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

Maboko S. Mphosi1* and Stephen S. Foster2

1Limpopo Agro-Food Technology Station, School of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Limpopo, Private Bag X1106, Sovenga 0727, South Africa. 2Department of Entomology, North Dakota State University, P. O Box 6050, Fargo, ND 58108-6050, USA.
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Article Number - 56DBAC935290
Vol.7(36), pp. 5108-5117 , September 2012
https://doi.org/10.5897/AJAR12.393

Accepted: 26 July 2012
Published: 18 September 2012

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