Gall site preference and intraspecific competition of Neothoracaphis yanonis (Homoptera: Aphididae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 299-310

  Ngakan, Putu Oka ^a   Yukawa, Junichi ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distylium racemosum; Gall aphid; Intraspecific competition; Neothoracaphis yanonis; Site preference

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030522317     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.31.299     Document Type: Article

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