A survey of the grain chinch bug, Macchiademus diplopterus (Distant) (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae), in deciduous fruit orchards in the Western Cape, South Africa

African Entomology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 76-85

  Johnson, S A ^a   Addison, P ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Crop pest; Grain chinch bug; Lygaeidae; Macchiademus diplopterus; Quarantine

Indexed keywords

BLISSINAE; BLISSUS LEUCOPTERUS LEUCOPTERUS; CERES; HEMIPTERA; LYGAEIDAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 44349165062     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4001/1021-3589-16.1.76     Document Type: Review

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