The chalcidoid parasitoids and hyperparasitoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of Choristoneura species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in America north of Mexico

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1167-1220

  Huber, J T ^a,b   Eveleigh, E ^a,c   Pollock, S ^a   Mccarthy, P ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACONIDAE; CHALCIDOIDEA; CHORISTONEURA; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MESOPOLOBUS; MESOPOLOBUS TORTRICIS; NEARCTIC; PICEA; PSYCHOPHAGUS; TACHINIDAE; TORTRICIDAE; BRACONIDADE;

HYPERPARASITOIDS; IDENTIFICATION KEY; PARASITOIDS; SPRUCE BUDWORM;

EID: 0030323845     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/Ent1281167-6     Document Type: Article

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