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THE INFLUENCE OF TEMPERATURE AND MOON PHASE ON THE ACTIVITY OF NOCTUID MOTHS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

D. F. Hardwick
D. F. Hardwick
Affiliation:
Entomology Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa
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Abstract

On the basis of data obtained during a light-trapping survey in western North America, noctuid moth activity appears to be influenced by nightly temperatures but not by lunar periodicity.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 104 , Issue 11 , November 1972 , pp. 1767 - 1770
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1972

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