Classical biological control of the Australian weevil Gonipterus scutellatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in California

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 369-375

  Hanks, L M ^a   Millar, J G ^a   Paine, T D ^a   Campbell, C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaphes nitens; Egg parasitoid; Eucalyptus; Gonipterus scutellatus

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; INSECT CONTROL; PARASITOID; UNITED STATES;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ORCHARD; PARASITOID; PEST CONTROL;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ANAPHES NITENS; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; GONIPTERUS SCUTELLATUS; HYMENOPTERA; MYMARIDAE;

EID: 0033854396     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/29.2.369     Document Type: Article

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