Life history and host specificity of the Japanese flea beetles Trachyaphthona sordida and T. nigrita (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), potential biological control agents against skunk vine, Paederia foetida (Rubiaceae), in the southeastern parts of the United States and Hawaii

Entomological Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 143-152

  Okamoto, Chie ^a   Tsuda, Kiyoshi ^b   Yamaguchi, Daisuke ^c   Sato, Shinsuke ^c   Pemberton, Robert W ^a   Yukawa, Junichi ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kyushu University ^*

^c INVASIVE PLANT RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alticinae; Biological control; Host specificity; Life history; Paederia foetida; Skunk vine; Trachyaphthona

Indexed keywords

ALTICINI; CARNIVORA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; NIGRITA; PAEDERIA FOETIDA; RUBIACEAE; SERISSA FOETIDA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 47249085171     PISSN: 13438786     EISSN: 14798298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2008.00266.x     Document Type: Article

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