Host plants and their role in the ecology of the fruitspotting bugs Amblypelta nitida Stål and Amblypelta lutescens lutescens (Distant) (Hemiptera: Coreidae)

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 340-349

  Waite, G K ^a   Huwer, R K ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Commercial orchards; Damage; Fruit; Natural habitat; Nuts

Indexed keywords

AMBLYPELTA; AMBLYPELTA LUTESCENS; AMBLYPELTA NITIDA; COREIDAE; HEMIPTERA;

EID: 0346968433     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1998.tb01594.x     Document Type: Article

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