Effect of Tetrastichus giffardianus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) on Nontarget Flowerhead-Feeding Tephritids (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1022-1028

  Duan, Jian J ^a   Messing, Russell H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Insect conservation; Nontarget effects; Tephritidae; Tetrastichus giffardianus

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DUBAUTIA RAILLARDIOIDES; ENSINA SONCHI; EUDERUS; EUDERUS METALLICUS; EULOPHIDAE; HABROCYTUS; HABROCYTUS ELEVATUS; HAWAIIA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; SONCHUS OLERACEUS; TEPHRITIDAE; TETRASTICHUS GIFFARDIANUS; TRUPANEA DUBAUTIAE;

EID: 0008153561     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/27.4.1022     Document Type: Article

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