Biological notes on Melanagromyza Ruelliae (Diptera: Agromyzidae), a seed feeder on the invasive Mexican petunia, Ruellia Tweediana (Acanthaceae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 763-765

  Huey, Lisa A ^a   Steck, Gary J ^b   Fox, Alison M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF PLANT INDUSTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; FLY; INVASIVE SPECIES; NEW RECORD; PERENNIAL PLANT; SEED DISPERSAL; WEED;

ALACHUA COUNTY; BREVARD COUNTY; BROWARD COUNTY; COLLIER COUNTY; DADE COUNTY [FLORIDA]; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY [FLORIDA]; NORTH AMERICA; SEMINOLE COUNTY [FLORIDA]; UNITED STATES;

ACANTHACEAE; AGROMYZIDAE; APROSTOCETUS; DIPTERA; EULOPHIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MELANAGROMYZA RUELLIAE; PETUNIA; PTEROMALIDAE; RUELLIA BRITTONIANA;

EID: 38149101085     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2007)90[763:BNOMRD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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