Environmental Entomology (1983) 12, 990-992

Jeremy N. McNeil and Dan T. Quiring (1983)
Evidence of an oviposition-deterring pheromone in the alfalfa blotch leafminer, Agromyza frontella (Rondani) (Diptera: Agromyzidae)
Environmental Entomology 12 (3), 990-992
Abstract: Observations of Agromyza frontella females established that they mark the substrate after oviposition by repeatedly touching the leaflet and petiole with their ovipositor. Tests carried out under controlled laboratory conditions showed that, when marking, females deposited a water-soluble, oviposition-deterring pheromone and that it is probably produced in the abdomen.
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Database assignments for author(s): Dan T. Quiring, Jeremy N. McNeil

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Agromyza frontella