Ecology of the fruit spotting bug, Amblypelta lutescens lutescens Distant (Hemiptera: Coreidae) in cashew plantations, with particular reference to the potential for its biological control

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-51

  Peng, Renkang ^a   Christian, Keith ^a   Gibb, Karen ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amblypelta l. lutescens; Biological control; Cashew; Fruit spotting bug; Green tree ants; Oecophylla smaragdina

Indexed keywords

AMBLYPELTA; AMBLYPELTA LUTESCENS; ANACARDIACEAE; ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE; COREIDAE; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; INSECTA; OECOPHYLLA SMARAGDINA; PHYLLANTHUS (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 13644254645     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.2005.00420.x     Document Type: Article

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