Ovipositional behaviour of the parasitoid fly, Exorista japonica (Diptera: Tachinidae), in the laboratory: Diel periodicity and egg distribution on a host

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 189-195

  Nakamura, Satoshi ^a  

^a JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diel periodicity; Egg distribution; Exorista japonica; Ovipositional behaviour; Tachinidae

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; EXORISTA; EXORISTA JAPONICA; JAPONICA; MYTHIMNA SEPARATA; SEPARATA; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 0031515117     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.32.189     Document Type: Article

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