Mating frequency of European corn borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in Minnesota, Kansas, and Texas

Great Lakes Entomologist

Volumn 36, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 156-159

  Hinton, J L ^a   Andow, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAMBINAE; LEPIDOPTERA; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 12444265846     PISSN: 00900222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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