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A chemical attractant for males of the grass grub beetle Costelytra zealandica (White) (Col., Scarabaeidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

G. O. Osborne  and
C. P. Hoyt
G. O. Osborne
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Lincoln College, Canterbury, New Zealand
C. P. Hoyt
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Lincoln College, Canterbury, New Zealand
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A chemical sex attractant for the male grass grub beetle (Costelytra zealandica (White)) has been shown to be present in a commercially available adhesive preparation.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 59 , Issue 1 , July 1969 , pp. 81 - 83
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1969

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