Chrysoperla plorabunda (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) larvae feed disproportionately on thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in the field

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 549-550

  Chang, Gary C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRYSOPERLA PLORABUNDA; CHRYSOPIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; NEUROPTERA; THRIPIDAE; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 0031756098     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/Ent130549-4     Document Type: Article

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