Genetic Diversity of Sturmiopsis parasitica Curran (Diptera: Tachinidae)

Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France

Volumn 42, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 325-329

  Dittrich, Gudrun ^a   Mitchell, Andrew ^b   Conlong, Des ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c South Aenican Sugarcane Research Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biotype; Eldana saccharina; Mitochondrial DNA; Molecular systematics; Sturmiopsis parasitica

Indexed keywords

BUSSEOLA FUSCA; DIPTERA; ELDANA SACCHARINA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; PAPAIPEMA NEBRIS; PYRALIDAE; SESAMIA CALAMISTIS; STURMIOPSIS PARASITICA; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 33846702002     PISSN: 00379271     EISSN: 21686351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2006.10697464     Document Type: Article

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