Host suitability, quality and host size preference of Leptomastix epona and Pseudaphycus flavidulus, two endoparasitoids of the mealybug Pseudococcus viburni, and host size effect on parasitoid sex ratio and clutch size

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 149-158

  Karamaouna, Filitsa ^a   Copland, Michael J W ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological control; Clutch size; Host size; Leptomastix epona; Preference; Pseudaphycus flavidulus; Pseudococcus viburni; Quality; Sex ratio; Suitability

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; HOST QUALITY; HOST SELECTION; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; SEX RATIO; SIZE EFFECT;

ENCYRTIDAE; HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPTOMASTIX EPONA; PSEUDAPHYCUS FLAVIDULUS; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE; PSEUDOCOCCUS VIBURNI;

EID: 0033856492     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.2000.00690.x     Document Type: Article

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