Oviposition site selection by the predatory midge Aphidoletes aphidimyza (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 622-627

  Lucas, Éric ^a   Brodeur, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aphid; Aphidophagous; Habitat selection; Ovipositional preference; Prey density; Trichome

Indexed keywords

OVIPOSITION; PREDATOR; SITE SELECTION;

APHIDIDAE; APHIDOLETES APHIDIMYZA; CECIDOMYIIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOMEGILLA MACULATA; DIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; MACROSIPHUM EUPHORBIAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0032880467     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/28.4.622     Document Type: Article

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