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Short Communication

Changes to the composition of scale insect species (Coccomorpha: Eriococcidae) on New Zealand mānuka (Leptospermum scoparium; Myrtaceae) in the last seventy years

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Pages 310-318 | Received 07 Aug 2019, Accepted 07 Nov 2019, Published online: 24 Nov 2019

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