First record of the parasitoid Archytas aterrimus (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Utetheisa ornatrix (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)

Entomological News

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 144-146

  Iyengar, V K ^a   Rossini, C ^a   Hoebeke, E R ^a   Conner, W E ^b   Eisner, T ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHYTAS ATERRIMUS; UTETHEISA ORNATRIX;

EID: 0032979509     PISSN: 0013872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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