Sitona lepidus Gyllenhal (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a potential clover pest new to New Zealand

New Zealand Entomologist

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-30

  Barratt, B I P ^a   Barker, G M ^b   Addison, P J ^b  

^a INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^b RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

New record; New Zealand; Sitona lepidus

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010569383     PISSN: 00779962     EISSN: 11793430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00779962.1996.9722017     Document Type: Article

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