Host selection and host range of the flower-feeding weevil, Coelocephalapion pigrae, a potential biological control agent of Mimosa pigra

Biological Control

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 83-95

  Heard, Timothy A ^a   Forno, I Wendy ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

biological control of weeds; Coelocephalapion pigrae; host range; host selection; host specificity; Mimosa pigra

Indexed keywords

BRENTIDAE; COELOCEPHALAPION; COELOCEPHALAPION PIGRAE; COLEOPTERA; FABACEAE; INSECTA; MIMOSA PIGRA; MIMOSA PUDICA; NEPTUNIA DIMORPHANTHA;

EID: 0030087591     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1996.0011     Document Type: Article

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