Ischnodemus falicus (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae): First record from ornamental grasses, and seasonality on prairie cordgrass in Pennsylvania

Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 195-198

  Wheeler Jr , A G ^a  

^a Bureau of Plant Industry   (United States)

Author keywords

Heteroptera; Insecta; Lygaeidae; Monophagy; Pennsylvania; Prairie cordgrass; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037869731     PISSN: 00138797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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