Status and spread of the palearctic lady beetles Hippodamia variegata and Propylea quatuordecimpunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in Pennsylvania, 1993-1995

Entomological News

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 291-298

  Wheeler Jr , A G ^a,b   Stoops, Craig A ^b  

^a Bureau of Plant Industry   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; COCCINELLA; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HARMONIA AXYRIDIS; HIPPODAMIA CONVERGENS; HIPPODAMIA VARIEGATA; PROPYLEA; PROPYLEA QUATUORDECIMPUNCTATA;

EID: 12644280800     PISSN: 0013872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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