Life history of the oak borer, Platypus quercivorus (Murayama) (Coleoptera: Platypodidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-75

  Soné, Koichi ^a   Mori, Takeshi ^a   Ide, Masamichi ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Life history; Oak borer; Platypus quercivorus

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; PLATYPODIDAE; PLATYPUS QUERCIVORUS; QUERCUS;

EID: 0032395210     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.33.67     Document Type: Article

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