Inter- and intra-instar food consumption in the German cockroach, Blattella germanica

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 171-178

  Valles, Steven M ^a   Strong, Charles A ^b   Koehler, Philip G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blattella germanica; Development; Food consumption

Indexed keywords

GERMAN COCKROACH; INSECTICIDE-RESISTANT STRAIN;

BLATTELLA GERMANICA; BLATTELLIDAE; DICTYOPTERA;

EID: 0030454209     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1996.tb00823.x     Document Type: Article

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