Effects of Pea Aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) Honeydew on Longevity and Fecundity of the Alfalfa Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Parasitoid Bathyplectes curculionis (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1437-1441

  England, Staci ^a,b   Evans, Edward W ^b  

^a Murray High School   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfalfa weevil; Aphid honeydew; Bathyplectes curculionis; Biological control; Parasitoid

Indexed keywords

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; BATHYPLECTES; BATHYPLECTES CURCULIONIS; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; HYPERA POSTICA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PISUM SATIVUM; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0000758997     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/26.6.1437     Document Type: Article

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