Life history of the white grub Dasylepida sp. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), a new and severe pest on sugarcane on the Miyako Islands, Okinawa

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 595-601

  Oyafuso, Akira ^a   Arakaki, Norio ^b   Sadoyama, Yasutsune ^b   Kishita, Mitsunobu ^b   Kawamura, Futoshi ^b   Ishimine, Masato ^a   Kinjo, Masayo ^b   Hirai, Yoshio ^c  

^a Miyako Branch   (Japan)

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

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dasylepida sp.; Life history; Scarabaeidae; Sugarcane; White grub

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; DASYLEPIDA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 0036927026     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2002.595     Document Type: Article

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