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Preliminary observations on the mating behavior ofCicadulina storeyi China andC. mbila Naudé (Homoptera: Cicadellidae)

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Downham, M.C.A., Claridge, M.F. & Morgan, J.C. Preliminary observations on the mating behavior ofCicadulina storeyi China andC. mbila Naudé (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). J Insect Behav 10, 753–760 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02765391

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