Parasitoids of southern African wild silk moths (Lepidoptera)

African Entomology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 117-122

  Veldtman, R ^a   McGeoch, M A ^b   Scholtz, C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOMBYX MORI; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 2942528632     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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