Temporal pattern of ovipositional readiness in spring species of Phyllophaga (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in North Central Texas

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-52

  Crocker, Robert L ^a   Nailon Jr , William T ^a   Matis, James H ^a,b   Woodruff, Robert E ^a,c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF PLANT INDUSTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eggs; Phyllophaga; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; FECUNDITY; OVIPOSITION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; PHYLLOPHAGA; SCARABIDAE;

EID: 0032789142     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/92.1.47     Document Type: Article

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