Identification of cotton fleahopper (Hemiptera: Miridae) host plants in Central Texas and compendium of reported hosts in the United States

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 766-780

  Esquivel, J F ^a   Esquivel, S V ^a  

^a SOUTHERN PLAINS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cotton fleahopper; Cotton pest; Host plant

Indexed keywords

COTTON; HOST PLANT; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; OVERWINTERING; PEST SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WEED;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ASTERACEAE; CROTON CAPITATUS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MIRIDAE; OENOTHERA; OENOTHERA SPECIOSA; ONAGRACEAE; PSEUDATOMOSCELIS SERIATUS; RATIBIDA; RATIBIDA COLUMNIFERA; SOLANUM; SOLANUM ELAEAGNIFOLIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COTTON; CROTON; EVENING PRIMROSE; HETEROPTERA; NYMPH; PHYSIOLOGY; RATIBIDA; SOLANUM; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CROTON; GOSSYPIUM; HETEROPTERA; NYMPH; OENOTHERA; RATIBIDA; SOLANUM; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68049088606     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/022.038.0329     Document Type: Article

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