Biology of Cybocephalus sp. nr. nipponicus (Coleoptera: Cybocephalidae), a Natural Enemy of Euonymus Scale (Homoptera: Diaspididae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 130-136

  Alvarez, Juan Manuel ^a,b   Van Driesche, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cybocephalus sp. nr. nipponicus; Euonymus scale; Predator biology; Quadraspidiotus perniciosus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006908547     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/27.1.130     Document Type: Article

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