Seasonal variation in the effectiveness of the leaf-feeding beetle Zygogramma bicolorata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) and stem-galling moth Epiblema strenuana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) as biocontrol agents on the weed Parthenium hysterophorus (Asteraceae)

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 393-401

  Dhileepan, K ^a,b  

^a QLD Dept of Nat Rsrc and Mines   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; GALL INSECT; SEASONAL VARIATION; WEED CONTROL;

ANIMALS; ASTERACEAE; BEETLES; MOTHS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; QUEENSLAND; SEASONS;

AUSTRALIA;

ASTERACEAE; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PARTHENIUM; PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS; TORTRICIDAE; ZYGOGRAMMA;

EID: 0242338615     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BER2003255     Document Type: Article

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