Larval densities and field hosts of Ceratapion basicorne (Coleoptera: Apionidae) and an illustrated key to the adults of Ceratapion spp. that feed on thistles in the Eastern Mediterranean and black sea regions

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1421-1429

  Balciunas, Joe K ^a   Korotyaev, Boris A ^b  

^a WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Biological control of weeds; Centaurea solstitialis; Centaurea species; Ceratapion species

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; IDENTIFICATION KEY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NATURAL ENEMY; WEED CONTROL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CENTAUREA; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POPULATION DENSITY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WEEVIL;

ANIMALS; CENTAUREA; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WEEVILS;

ARMENIA; ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); GREECE; NORTH AMERICA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TURKEY; UNITED STATES; WEST ASIA;

BRENTIDAE; CARDUEAE; CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA SOLSTITIALIS; CERATAPION; CERATAPION BASICORNE; CERATAPION PENETRANS; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE;

EID: 39049171931     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2007)36[1421:LDAFHO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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