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ATTRACTION OF MALE GREEN APPLE BUGS, LYGOCORIS COMMUNIS (HEMIPTERA: MIRIDAE), TO CAGED FEMALES1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

G. Boivin  and
R. K. Stewart
G. Boivin
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Macdonald Campus of McGill University, Ste-Anne de Bellevue, Quebec H9X 1C0
R. K. Stewart
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Macdonald Campus of McGill University, Ste-Anne de Bellevue, Quebec H9X 1C0
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In Quebec apple orchards, pheromones are used to monitor a number of pest species (Rivard et al. 1978; Paradis et al. 1979). However, few studies have looked for the presence of sex pheromones in mirids. Scales (1968) detected the presence of sex pheromone in a mirid, Lygus lineolaris (P. de B.), as did Strong et al. (1970) for Lygus hesperus Knight. Subsequently, the daily and annual cycles of pheromone emission in Distantiella theobroma (Dist.) (King 1973) and Helopeltis clavifer (Walker) (Smith 1977) were established.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 114 , Issue 8 , August 1982 , pp. 765 - 766
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1982

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