Biology and larval taxonomy of eucelatoria bryani sabrosky and E. rubentis (coquillett) (diptera: tachinidae)

Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 625-629

  Reitz, Stuart R ^a   Adler, Peter H ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diptera; Eucelatoria; Helicoverpa; Heliothis; Host parasite relations; Tachinidae

Indexed keywords

EUCELATORIA BRYANI; EUCELATORIA RUBENTIS;

EID: 0030446001     PISSN: 00138797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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