The parasitoid complex attacking finnish populations of the glanville fritillary melitaea cinxia (Lep: Nymphalidae), and endangered butterfly

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 635-648

  Lei, G C ^a   Vikberg, V ^b   Nieminen, M ^a   Kuussaari, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Butterfly; Cotesia melitaearum; Gelis agilis; Hyperparasitoid; Melitaea cinxia; Parasitoid complex

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED BUTTERFLY; GLANVILLE FRITILLARY; HYPERPARASITOID; PARASITOID COMPLEX;

FINLAND;

BRACONIDAE; COELOPISTHIA CALEDONICA; COTESIA MELITAEARUM; GELIS ACARORUM; GELIS AGILIS; GELIS RUFICORNIS; HYMENOPTERA; HYPOSOTER HORTICOLA; ICHNEUMON GRACILICORNIS; ICHNEUMONIDAE; MELITAEA CINXIA; MESOCHORUS STIGMATICUS; NYMPHALIDAE; PTEROMALIDAE; PTEROMALUS APUM; PTEROMALUS PUPARUM;

EID: 0030620193     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222939700770301     Document Type: Article

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