Attractiveness of pitfall trap to West-Indian sweet potato weevil, Euscepes postfasciatus (FAIRMAIRE) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 97-102

  Yasuda, Keiji ^a  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attraction; Pitfall trap; Sweet potato; West Indian sweet potato weevil

Indexed keywords

EID: 21344439209     PISSN: 00214914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/jjaez.40.97     Document Type: Article

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