Possibility for Recent Origin of the Gypsy Moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) Fungal Pathogen Entomophaga maimaiga (Zygomycetes: Entomophthorales) in North America

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 171-177

  Weseloh, Ronald M ^a  

^a Connecticut Agric Exp Station ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Computer model; Entomopathogenic fungus; Entomophaga maimaiga; Lymantria dispar; Populations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001040624     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/27.2.171     Document Type: Review

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