Establishment and dispersal of Urophora affinis (Diptera: Tephritidae) and Metzneria paucipunctella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in southwestern Virginia

Biological Control

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 299-305

  Mays, W T ^a   Kok, L T ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Centaurea maculosa; classical biological control; insect dispersal; Metzneria paucipunctella; spotted knapweed; Urophora affinis; weed control

Indexed keywords

CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA MACULOSA; DIPTERA; GELECHIIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; METZNERIA; METZNERIA PAUCIPUNCTELLA; TEPHRITIDAE; UROPHORA AFFINIS;

EID: 0030175085     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1996.0038     Document Type: Article

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