A Method for Sex Discrimination in the West Indian Sweet Potato Weevil, Euscepes postfasciatus (Fairmaire) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) at the Pupal Stage

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 166-167

  Sugiyama, Mitsugu ^a,b   Kohama, Tsuguo ^a   Shimoji, Yukio ^a,b  

^a Okinawa Prefectural Government   (Japan)

^b Ryukyusankei Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Euscepes postfasciatus; Pupal stage; Sex discrimination; West Indian sweet potato weevil

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; CYLAS FORMICARIUS; EUSCEPES POSTFASCIATUS; IPOMOEA BATATAS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0030560403     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.31.166     Document Type: Article

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