DEVELOPMENT OF TRAPPING METHODS WITH A SYNTHETIC SEX PHEROMONE OF THE PINK HIBISCUS MEALYBUG, MACONELLICOCCUS HIRSUTUS (HEMIPTERA: PSEUDOCOCCIDAE)
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عنوان ژورنال: Florida Entomologist
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0015-4040,1938-5102
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2007)90[440:dotmwa]2.0.co;2