Suitability of a non-host Palo Verde for development of Stator limbatus (Horn) (Coleoptera; Bruchidae) larvae

Pan-Pacific Entomologist

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-36

  Fox, Charles W ^a   Harbin, Amy D ^a   Mousseau, Timothy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cercidium; Diet breadth; Fabaceae; Host range; Parkinsonia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030555398     PISSN: 00310603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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