Development of a meridic diet for adults of the West Indian sweetpotato weevil, Euscepes postfasciatus (Fairmaire) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 67-72

  Sakakibara, Mitsutaka ^a,b  

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

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR TOHOKU REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Euscepes postfasciatus; Fecundity; Longevity; Meridic diet; West Indian sweetpotato weevil

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; EUSCEPES POSTFASCIATUS; INVERTEBRATA; IPOMOEA BATATAS;

EID: 0042205025     PISSN: 00214914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/jjaez.2003.67     Document Type: Article

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