Development and reproduction of Ceranisus menes (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), a larval parasitoid of thrips: Effects of two host species, Frankliniella intonsa and Thrips palmi (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 237-241

  Tagashira, Eiko ^a   Hirose, Yoshimi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biological control; Ceranisus menes; Frankliniella intonsa; Thrips palmi

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035534078     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2001.237     Document Type: Article

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