Consumption of eggplant foliage by Colorado potato beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Journal of Entomological Science

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-198

  Arpaia, Salvatore ^a,b   Lashomb, James ^a   Hamilton, George C ^a   Vail, Karen ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mentapontum Agrobios   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colorado potato beetle; eggplant; foliage consumption; Leptinotarsa decemlineata

Indexed keywords

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA; SOLANUM MELONGENA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0030485329     PISSN: 07498004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18474/0749-8004-31.2.191     Document Type: Article

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