Host age preference and sex allocation in the pupal parasitoid Itoplectis naranyae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 640-645

  Ueno, Takatoshi ^a,b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Host acceptance; Host suitability; Host size model; Itoplectis naranyae; Parasitoid wasps; Sex ratios

Indexed keywords

GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; ITOPLECTIS NARANYAE; LEPIDOPTERA; VESPIDAE; PYRALIDAE;

HOST SELECTION; PARASITOID WASP; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEX ALLOCATION;

EID: 0031402834     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/90.5.640     Document Type: Article

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