Description of the stages of the white wax-scale, Ceroplastes destructor Newstead (Homoptera: Coccidae)

African Entomology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 303-316

  Wakgari, W M ^a   Giliomee, J H ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ceroplastes destructor; Citrus; Description; Identification key; Immature stages; Morphology

Indexed keywords

CEROPLASTES DESTRUCTOR; CITRUS; CITRUS RETICULATA; COCCIDAE; HEMIPTERA; PROPOLIS;

EID: 0032424741     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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