Morphology of two Larinus Dejean (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) species introduced into North America for biological control of knapweeds
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Insect Biodiversity
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2147-7612,2538-1318
DOI: 10.12976/jib/2017.5.11