Rearing and biology of Lydella jalisco (Diptera: Tachinidae), a parasite of Eoreuma loftini (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from Mexico

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 88-95

  Rodriguez Del Bosque, L A ^a,b   Smith Jr , J W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biological control; Parasite; Rearing; Stalkborer

Indexed keywords

AMECA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DIPTERA; EOREUMA LOFTINI; LEPIDOPTERA; LYDELLA; LYDELLA JALISCO; PYRALIDAE; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 0001829192     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/89.1.88     Document Type: Article

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