Incidence of Leidyana canadensis (Apicomplexa: Eugregarinida) in Lambdina fiscellaria fiscellaria larvae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 583-594

  Lucarotti, C J ^a   Leclerc, T L ^a   Clopton, R E ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b PERU STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITISM; PEST SPECIES; PROTOZOA;

APICOMPLEXA; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; EUGREGARINIDA; GEOMETRIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LAMBDINA; LAMBDINA FISCELLARIA; LAMBDINA FISCELLARIA FISCELLARIA; LEIDYANA; LEIDYANA CANADENSIS; LEPIDOPTERA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031773421     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/Ent130583-5     Document Type: Article

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