Geographic range expansion of Boreioglycaspis melaleucae (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) to Puerto Rico

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 529-531

  Pratt, Paul D ^a   Rayamajhi, Min B ^a   Bernier, Lourdes S ^b   Center, Ted D ^a  

^a INVASIVE PLANT RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Programa de Especies Protegidas   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; HERBIVORE; INSECT; NATIVE SPECIES; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; RANGE EXPANSION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

BOREIOGLYCASPIS MELALEUCAE; HEMIPTERA; MELALEUCA; MELALEUCA QUINQUENERVIA; PSYLLIDAE;

EID: 33847159329     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2006)89[529:GREOBM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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