Report of the Mexican bean beetle, Epilachna varivestis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in Japan

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 327-331

  Fujiyama, Naoyuki ^b   Katakura, Haruo ^b   Shirai, Yoichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epilachna varivestis; Exotic insect; Invasion; Leguminosae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032387053     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.33.327     Document Type: Article

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