Biology and development of Lespesia aletiae (Diptera: Tachinidae) in two lepidopteran species in the laboratory

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 289-300

  Cardoza, Yasmin J ^a,b   Epsky, Nancy D ^a   Heath, Robert R ^a  

^a FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Lepidoptera host; Parasitoid; Rearing; Tachinid fly

Indexed keywords

ARCTIIDAE; ARMY WORM; DIPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; LESPESIA; LESPESIA ALETIAE; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NERIUM; NERIUM OLEANDER; NOCTUIDAE; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA; SYNTOMEIDA; SYNTOMEIDA EPILAIS; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 0030811216     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3495564     Document Type: Article

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