Reproductive biology and search behavior of Amitus bennetti (Hymenoptera: Platygasteridae), a parasitoid of Bemisia argentifolii (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 282-289

  Joyce, Andrea L ^a   Bellows, Thomas S ^a   Headrick, David H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amitus bennetti; Bemisia argentifolii; Biology; Fertility; Search behavior

Indexed keywords

HOST LOCATION; POTENTIAL BIOCONTROL AGENT; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; WHITEFLY;

ALEYRODIDAE; AMITUS; AMITUS BENNETTI; BEMISIA ARGENTIFOLII; HEMIPTERA; HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PLATYGASTERIDAE; PLATYGASTRIDAE;

EID: 0032935410     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/28.2.282     Document Type: Article

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