Cuticular Hydrocarbons of the Australian Plague Locust, Chortoicetes terminifera (Walker) (Orthoptera: Acrididae), Collected from Widely Separated Geographical Locations

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 257-262

  Hooper, G H S ^a   Brown, W V ^b   Lacey, M J ^b   Hunter, D ^a  

^a Australian Government Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRIDIDAE; CHORTOICETES; CHORTOICETES TERMINIFERA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0007189466     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1996.tb01400.x     Document Type: Article

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