Phoretic egg parasitoid, Telenomus euproctidis (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae), uses sex pheromone of tussock moth Euproctis taiwana (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) as a kairomone

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1079-1085

  Arakaki, Norio ^a,b   Wakamura, Sadao ^a   Yasuda, Tetsuya ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Euproctis taiwana; kairomone; phoresy; sex pheromone; Telenomus euproctidis

Indexed keywords

EUPROCTIS TAIWANA; TELENOMUS EUPROCTIDIS;

EID: 0029829655     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02027946     Document Type: Article

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