An African grass, Eragrostis curvula (Poaceae), planted in the southern United States recruits rarely collected native planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Dictyopharidae, Fulgoridae)

Journal of the New York Entomological Society

Volumn 113, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 174-204

  Wilson, Stephen W ^a   Wheeler Jr , A G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fulgoroidea; Host expansion; Insecta; Novel hosts; Planthoppers; Poaceae; Weeping lovegrass

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEORRHYNCHA; ARTHROPODA; DICTYOPHARIDAE; ERAGROSTIS; ERAGROSTIS CURVULA; FULGORIDAE; FULGOROIDEA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; POACEAE;

EID: 33645763229     PISSN: 00287199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1664/0028-7199(2005)113[0174:AAGECP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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