Selecting a character for identifying larval instars of the lepidopteran stemborers sesamia calamistis hampson (noctuidae) and Eldana Saccharina Walker (pyralidae) in maize

Insect Science and its Application

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 101-103

  Bonato, O ^a,c   Schulthess, F ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b International Institute of Tropical Agriculture Cotonou   (Benin)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body length; Body width; Eldnnn sncclmriiin; Head capsule; Sesninin cnlninistis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747056006     PISSN: 01919040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1742758400007724     Document Type: Article

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