Differential mortality in male and female gypsy moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) pupae by invertebrate natural enemies and other factors

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 536-547

  Fuester, Roger W ^a   Taylor, Philip B ^a  

^a USDA ARS   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachymeria intermedia; Calosoma sycophanta; Lymantria dispar; parasitism; predation

Indexed keywords

BRACHYMERIA; BRACHYMERIA INTERMEDIA; CALOSOMA SYCOPHANTA; CHALCIDIDAE; DIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; LYMANTRIIDAE; SARCOPHAGIDAE;

EID: 0030499656     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/25.2.536     Document Type: Article

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