Morphology of Nephaspis oculatus and Delphastus pusillus (coleoptera: Coccinellidae), predators of Bemisia argentifolii (homoptera: Aleyrodidae)

Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 292-300

  Liu, Tong Xian ^a   Stansly, Philip A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Coccinellids; Predators; Whitefly

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012703093     PISSN: 00138797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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