Acute Toxicity of Insecticides to Micromus tasmaniae (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae) and Chrysoperla carnea (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae): LC50 and LC90 Estimates for Various Test Durations

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1493-1499

  Rumpf, Silke ^a,b   Frampton, Chris ^b   Chapman, Bruce ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Chrysoperla carnea; Micromus tasmaniae

Indexed keywords

CHRYSOPERLA CARNEA; CHRYSOPIDAE; HEMEROBIIDAE; MICROMUS; MICROMUS TASMANIAE; NEUROPTERA;

EID: 0000949098     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/90.6.1493     Document Type: Article

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