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A DEVICE FOR MARKING ADULT CODLING MOTHS (LEPIDOPTERA: OLETHREUTIDAE) WITH FLUORESCENT POWDERS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

D. M. Logan
Affiliation:
Research Station, Agriculture Canada, Summerland, British Columbia
M. D. Proverbs
Affiliation:
Research Station, Agriculture Canada, Summerland, British Columbia

Abstract

Chilled adult codling moths, Laspeyresia pomonella (L.), are exposed to a cloud of Day Glo® fluorescent powder as they pass through a rotating screen drum.

Type
Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1975

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References

McMechan, A. D. and Proverbs, M. D.. 1972. Equipment and procedures for release of sterile codling moths. Can. agric. Engng 14: 4245.Google Scholar
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