Chemically-mediated attraction of Ichneumon (=Pterocormus) promissorius (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) males by females

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 551-556

  Jewett, Darryl K ^a,b   Carpenter, James E ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b USDA Forest Service Idaho Panhandle National Forests   (United States)

Author keywords

Diapetimorpha introita; Helicoverpa spp.; Heliothis spp.; Pheromone; Semiochemical; Sex attractant

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTANT; COMMUNICATION; PARASITOID;

DIAPETIMORPHA; DIAPETIMORPHA INTROITA; HELICOVERPA; HELIOTHIS; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMON; ICHNEUMON PROMISSORIUS; ICHNEUMONIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; TEROCORMUS; TEROCORMUS PROMISSORIUS;

EID: 0032831819     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/28.4.551     Document Type: Article

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