Effect of Encarsia sp. nr. diaspidicola (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) parasitism on Cybocephalus sp. nr. nipponicus (Coleoptera: Cybocephalidae) egg laying choices

Biological Control

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-63

  Alvarez, Juan Manuel ^a   Van Driesche, Roy ^a   Cornell, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Cybocephalus sp. nr. nipponicus; Encarsia sp. nr. diaspidicola; Oviposition behavior; Parasitoid predator interaction; Quadraspidlotus perniciosus; Unaspis euonymi

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; PARASITE;

APHELINIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CYBOCEPHALIDAE; CYBOCEPHALUS; CYBOCEPHALUS NIPPONICUS; ENCARSIA; ENCARSIA DIASPIDICOLA; EUONYMUS; EUONYMUS SCALE; HYMENOPTERA; UNASPIS; UNASPIS EUONYMI; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0032955313     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1999.0703     Document Type: Article

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