Pollen feeding by the boll weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) following cotton harvest in East Central Texas

Southwestern Entomologist

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 419-429

  Jones, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE QUERÉTARO   (Mexico)

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ANTHONOMUS GRANDIS;

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