Abstract
This document is EENY-164, one of a series of Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Published: October 2000.
EENY164/IN321: Pickleworm, Diaphania nitidalis (Stoll) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Crambidae) (ufl.edu)
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