Ecology and phenology of the boll weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on an unusual wild host, Hibiscus pernambucensis, in southeastern Mexico

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1405-1412

  Arzaluz, Ixel Obregón ^a   Jones, Robert W ^a,b  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE QUERÉTARO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anthonomus grandis; Ecology; Herbivory; Host plants

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; ECOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MEXICO; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; ECOLOGY; LARVA; MALVACEAE; MEXICO;

EID: 0035752598     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-94.6.1405     Document Type: Article

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