Cuticular hydrocarbons on elytra of the Diaprepes root weevil Diaprepes abbreviatus (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 251-257

  Lapointe, Stephen L ^a   Hunter, Wayne B ^a   Alessandro, Rocco T ^a  

^a U S HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Citrus; Diaprepes abbreviatus; Hydrocarbons; Insecta; Wax glands

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; DIAPREPES ABBREVIATUS; INSECTA;

EID: 8444229804     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-9555.2004.00230.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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