Occurrence of Contarinia maculipennis (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) infesting flower buds of Dendrobium phalaenopsis (Orchidaceae) in greenhouses on Okinawa Island, Japan

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 583-587

  Tokuda, Makoto ^a   Yukawa, Junichi ^a   Yasuda, Keiji ^b   Iwaizumi, Ren ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^c Tokyo Sub Stn Yokohama Plant P   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cecidomyiidae; Contarinia maculipennis; Dendrobium phalaenopsis; Gall midge; Orchids

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CECIDOMYIIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; CONTARINIA MACULIPENNIS; DENDROBIUM; DENDROBIUM PHALAENOPSIS; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ORCHIDACEAE; PHALAENOPSIS;

EID: 0036930897     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2002.583     Document Type: Article

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