Age and suitability of Amorbia cuneana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) and Sabulodes aegrotata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) eggs for Trichogramma platneri (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae)

Biological Control

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 79-85

  Honda, Jeffrey Y ^a   Luck, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amorbia cuneana; Host age suitability; Sabulodes aegrotata; Trichogramma platneri

Indexed keywords

AGE; EGG; LARVA; MORTALITY; PARASITISM; PARASITOID; SEX RATIO;

AMORBIA; AMORBIA CUNEANA; GEOMETRIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; NAGARKATTI; NAGARKATTI PLATNERI; SABULODES AEGROTATA; TORTRICIDAE; TRICHOGRAMMA PLATNERI; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE;

EID: 0034037487     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1999.0804     Document Type: Article

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