Larval trapping as a means of sampling Paropsina (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae) from Eucalyptus forests

Coleopterists Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 253-258

  Clarke, A R ^a,c   Paterson, S C ^c   Steinbauer, M J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c CRC for Temperate Hardwood Forestry ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LARVAL TRAPPING; SAMPLING;

AUSTRALIA;

CHRYSOMELIDAE; CHRYSOPHTHARTA BIMACULATA; COLEOPTERA; EUCALYPTUS; PAROPSINA;

EID: 0031728666     PISSN: 0010065X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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