Studies on the feeding behaviour of larvae of the predaceous mosquito culex (LUTZIA) tigripes grandpre and chamoy (üIPTERA: CULICIDAE)

Insect Science and its Application

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 245-250

  Appawu, Maxwell A ^a   Dadzie, Samuel K ^b   Quartey, Solomon Q ^b  

^a University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Anopheles gambiae; Biological control; Culex quinqitefasciatus; Culex tigripes; Feeding behaviour; Ghana; Mosquito

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746992096     PISSN: 01919040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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