Biology of Aphelinus spiraecolae (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae), a parasitoid of the spirea aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 519-523

  Tang, Y Q ^a,b   Yokomi, R K ^a  

^a U S HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aphelinus; Aphis; biological control; citrus aphids; host feeding; life table

Indexed keywords

APHELINIDAE; APHELINUS; APHELINUS SPIRAECOLAE; APHIDIDAE; APHIS; APHIS SPIRAECOLA; CITRUS; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; SPIRAEA;

EID: 0030513235     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/25.2.519     Document Type: Article

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