Facultative egg-larval parasitism of the beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) by Cotesia marginiventris (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 296-302

  Ruberson, John R ^a   Whitfield, James B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Braconidae; Cotesia marginiventris; egg larval parasitism; Microgastrinae; parasitoid; Spodoptera exigua

Indexed keywords

COTESIA MARGINIVENTRIS; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA;

EID: 0029804985     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3495577     Document Type: Conference Paper

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