Searching and oviposition behavior of a mymarid egg parasitoid, Anagrus nigriventris, on five host plant species of its leafhopper host, Circulifer tenellus

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-25

  Al Wahaibi, A K ^a   Walker, G P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beet leafhopper; Behavioral ecology; Biological control; Cicadellidae; Homoptera; Hymenoptera; Mymaridae; Plant insect interactions; Tritrophic interactions

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; OVIPOSITION; PARASITISM;

ANAGRUS NIGRIVENTRIS; BETA VULGARIS; CICADELLIDAE; CIRCULIFER TENELLUS; ERODIUM CICUTARIUM; HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDIUM NITIDUM; MYMARIDAE; PLANTAGO OVATA; SISYMBRIUM IRIO;

EID: 0033947018     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.2000.00674.x     Document Type: Article

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