Identification keys for Aphthona flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) introduced in Canada for the control of spurge (Euphorbia spp., Euphorbiaceae)

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 593-603

  LeSage, Laurent ^a   Faquin, Pierre ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTICINI; APHTHONA; APHTHONA CYPARISSIAE; APHTHONA CZWALINAE; APHTHONA FLAVA; APHTHONA LACERTOSA; APHTHONA NIGRISCUTIS; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

BIOCONTROL AGENT; FLEA BEETLE; IDENTIFICATION KEY; SPURGE;

CANADA;

EID: 0029660270     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/Ent128593-4     Document Type: Article

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