Penetration of Polyvinyl Chloride and Polypropylene Packaging Films by Ephestia cautella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) and Plodia interpunctella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) Larvae, and Tribolium confusum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) Adults

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1028-1031

  Bowditch, Terence Graham ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Dept of Prim Indust and Fisheries   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ephestia cautella; Packaging films; Penetration; Plodia interpunctella; Tribolium confusum

Indexed keywords

CADRA CAUTELLA; COLEOPTERA; EPHESTIA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PLODIA INTERPUNCTELLA; PYRALIDAE; TENEBRIONIDAE; THEOBROMA CACAO; TRIBOLIUM CONFUSUM;

EID: 0041304954     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/90.4.1028     Document Type: Article

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