Establishment, distribution, and impact in southern New England of Lathrolestes nigricollis (Thompson) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), an introduced parasitoid of the birch leafminer, Fenusa pusilla (Lepeletier) (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 601-611

  Van Driesche, R G ^a   Childs, R ^a   Casagrande, R A ^b   Tewksbury, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIRCH LEAFMINER; PARASITOID;

NEW ENGLAND; USA;

AGROMYZIDAE; FENUSA PUSILLA; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; LATHROLESTES; LATHROLESTES NIGRICOLLIS; TENTHREDINIDAE;

EID: 0030713003     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/Ent129601-4     Document Type: Article

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