Evidence for limited dispersal of larval, gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar L., (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae)

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 355-361

  Weseloh, Ronald M ^a  

^a Connecticut Agric Exp Station ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; LYMANTRIIDAE;

DISPERSAL; GYPSY MOTH; LARVAL DISPERSAL; MOTH LARVA;

EID: 0030613932     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/Ent129355-2     Document Type: Article

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