The woolly whitefly, aleurothrixus floccosus (maskell) (hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), a potentially serious citrus pest, recorded from South Africa

African Entomology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 232-233

  Giliomee, J H ^a   Millar, I M ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEUROTHRIXUS FLOCCOSUS; ALEYRODIDAE; CITRUS; HEMIPTERA;

EID: 77649263565     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4001/003.017.0216     Document Type: Article

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