The Native Dialectica aemula (Meyrick) and the Introduced Dialectica scalariella (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in Australia: Characterisation of Two Closely Related Species on Boraginaceae

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-35

  Kumata, Tosio ^a   Horak, Marianne ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROMYZIDAE; BORAGINACEAE; DIALECTICA; DIALECTICA SCALARIELLA; ECHIUM; ECHIUM PLANTAGINEUM; GRACILLARIIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0008565133     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1997.tb01427.x     Document Type: Article

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