Morphological characters of diapause in Lygus hesperus Knight (Hemiptera: Miridae)

Journal of Entomological Science

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 303-316

  Spurgeon, D W ^a   Brent, C S ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diapause; Fat body; Lygus hesperus; Western tarnished plant bug

Indexed keywords

HEMIPTERA; LYGUS; LYGUS HESPERUS; LYGUS LINEOLARIS; MIRIDAE;

EID: 79751479972     PISSN: 07498004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18474/0749-8004-45.4.303     Document Type: Article

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