Effects of parasitized aphids (Homoptera: Aphididae) as food on larval performance of three predatory ladybirds (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 467-472

  Takizawa, Tadashi ^a   Yasuda, Hironori ^a   Agarwala, Basant K ^b  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TRIPURA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aphids; Intraguild predation; Ladybirds; Parasitoid

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; COCCINELLA SEPTEMPUNCTATA; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HARMONIA AXYRIDIS; HEMIPTERA; JAPONICA; PROPYLEA JAPONICA;

EID: 0034310211     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2000.467     Document Type: Article

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