Life history of Paracoccus marginatus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on four host plant species under laboratory conditions

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 630-635

  Amarasekare, Kaushalya G ^a   Mannion, Catharine M ^a   Osborne, Lance S ^b   Epsky, Nancy D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acalypha; Development; Hibiscus; Parthenium; Plumeria

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; HOST PLANT; INSECT; LABORATORY METHOD; LIFE HISTORY; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; REPRODUCTION;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; APOCYNACEAE; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; EUPHORBIA; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMIPTERA; HIBISCUS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE CYCLE; LONGEVITY; MALE; OVIPARITY; PARASITOLOGY; SEX RATIO;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; APOCYNACEAE; ASTERACEAE; EUPHORBIACEAE; FEMALE; HEMIPTERA; HIBISCUS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LONGEVITY; MALE; OVIPARITY; SEX RATIO;

ACALYPHA; ACALYPHA WILKESIANA; HEMIPTERA; HIBISCUS; HIBISCUS ROSA-SINENSIS; PARACOCCUS (MEALYBUG); PARACOCCUS MARGINATUS; PARTHENIUM; PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS; PLUMERIA; PLUMERIA RUBRA; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE;

EID: 46849093638     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2008)37[630:LHOPMH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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