Redescription of Blastobasis yuccaecolella dietz 1910 (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae: Blastobasini), with observations on its biology

Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 388-396

  Adamski, David ^a   Pellmyr, Olle ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastobasinae; Distribution; Yucca

Indexed keywords

COLEOPHORIDAE; GELECHIOIDEA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; YUCCA;

EID: 0037384650     PISSN: 00138797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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