Host Age of Pseudaletia unipuncta (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and Parasitic Capacity of Glyptapanteles militaris (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 513-517

  Oliveira, Luísa ^a   Melo, Rui ^a   Tavares, João ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Development; Glyptapanteles militaris; Host age; Parasitoid; Pseudaletia unipuncta

Indexed keywords

BRACONIDAE; GLYPTAPANTELES; GLYPTAPANTELES MILITARIS; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 0000757161     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/28.3.513     Document Type: Article

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