A Sixteen-Year Study on the Bivoltinism of Anomala flavipennis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Mexico

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 248-252

  Rodriguez Del Bosque, Luis A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anomala flavipennis; Black light trapping; Flight activity; Seasonality; Voltinism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006032866     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/27.2.248     Document Type: Article

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