Behaviors of female Eretmocerus sp. nr. californicus (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) attacking Bemisia argentifolii (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) on cotton, Gossypium hirsutum, (Malavaceae) and melon, Cucumis melo (cucurbitaceae)

Biological Control

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 64-75

  Headrick, David H ^a   Bellows Jr , Thomas S ^a   Perring, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amitus bennetti; Amitus hesperidium; Bemisia argentifolii; Cucumis melo, behavior, oviposition, morphology, augmentation; Dialeurodes citri; Encarsia formosa; Encarsia lahorensis; Encarsia luteola; Encarsia pergandiella; Encarsia transvena; Eretmocerus mundus; Eretmocerus sp. nr. californicus; Gossypium hirsutum; Trialeurodes vaporariorum

Indexed keywords

ALEYRODIDAE; AMITUS; AMITUS BENNETTI; APHELINIDAE; ARTHROPODA; BEMISIA ARGENTIFOLII; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; DIALEURODES; DIALEURODES CITRI; ENCARSIA FORMOSA; ENCARSIA LAHORENSIS; ENCARSIA LUTEOLA; ENCARSIA PERGANDIELLA; ENCARSIA TRANSVENA; ERETMOCERUS; ERETMOCERUS MUNDUS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEMIPTERA; HIRSUTUM; HYMENOPTERA; MELO; TRANSVENA; TRIALEURODES VAPORARIORUM;

EID: 0030087579     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1996.0009     Document Type: Article

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