Geographic range expansion of Oxyops vitiosa (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to the Bahamian archipelago

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 695-697

  Pratt, Paul D ^a   Rayamajhi, Min B ^a   Center, Tedd ^a  

^a INVASIVE PLANT RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COLONIZATION; DICOTYLEDON; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RANGE EXPANSION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; MELALEUCA; MELALEUCA QUINQUENERVIA; OXYOPS; OXYOPS VITIOSA;

EID: 58149087417     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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