Escape behaviour of cranberry girdler, <i>Chrysoteuchia topiaria</i> (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), moths

Authors

  • Shelia M. Fitzpatrick Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre P.O. Box 1000, 6947 Highway 7 Agassiz, BC VOM 1A0 phone: (604) 796-2221 ext. 1705 fax: (604) 796-0359

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