Flight toward a learned odor and factors inducing landing of female Brachymeria intermedia (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae), a parasitoid of the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 221-234

  Kerguelen, V ^a   Carde R T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Foraging; Host location

Indexed keywords

BRACHYMERIA; BRACHYMERIA INTERMEDIA; CHALCIDIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; LYMANTRIIDAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0031834293     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021095907381     Document Type: Article

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