Ecology and field biology of the sorghum chafer, Pachnoda interrupta (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Ethiopia
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عنوان ژورنال: Advances in Entomology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2331-1991,2331-2017
DOI: 10.4236/ae.2014.21002