Performance of irradiated Teia anartoides (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) in urban Auckland, New Zealand

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1531-1538

  Suckling, D M ^a   Charles, J ^a   Allan, D ^a   Chaggan, A ^a   Barrington, A ^a   Burnip, G M ^a   El Sayed, A M ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biosecurity; Dispersal; Lymantriidae; Sterile insect; Teia anartoides

Indexed keywords

INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIIDAE;

EID: 27544513571     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/98.5.1531     Document Type: Article

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