Host searching and oviposition by Leschenaultia exul, a tachinid parasitoid of the forest tent caterpillar, Malacosoma disstria

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 583-592

  Mondor, Edward B ^a,b   Roland, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diptera; Forest tent caterpillar; Leschenaultia exul; Malacosoma disstria; Parasitoid; Search behavior

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; LESCHENAULTIA; LESCHENAULTIA EXUL; MALACOSOMA DISSTRIA; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 0031711731     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022323615333     Document Type: Article

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