A mango pest, Procontarinia mangicola (Shi) comb. nov. (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), recently found in Okinawa, Japan

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 589-593

  Uechi, Nami ^a   Kawamura, Futoshi ^b   Tokuda, Makoto ^a   Yukawa, Junichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cecidomyiidae; Gall midge; Mangifera indica; Mango; Procontarinia mangicola

Indexed keywords

CECIDOMYIIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; DIPTERA; EROSOMYIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MANGIFERA; MANGIFERA INDICA; PROCONTARINIA MANGICOLA; PROCONTARINIA SCHREINERI;

EID: 0036926973     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2002.589     Document Type: Article

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