Practical techniques and accuracy for sexing the potato tuberworm, phthorimaea operculella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 113-115

  Rondon, Silvia I ^a   Xue, Lan ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROP PEST; MOTH; POTATO; PUPA; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

GELECHIIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PHTHORIMAEA OPERCULELLA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 77950247235     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/024.093.0115     Document Type: Article

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