Instar determination for Pissodes castaneus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) using head capsule widths and lengths

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1054-1058

  Panzavolta, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Head capsules; Instars; Pissodes castaneus

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BEETLE; BIOLOGY; LARVA; MORPHOMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CLASSIFICATION; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; LARVA;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BEETLES; HEAD; LARVA;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; PISSODES CASTANEUS;

EID: 35649017739     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2007)36[1054:IDFPCC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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