Self-, intra-, and interspecific host discrimination in Telenomus busseolae Gahan and T. isis Polaszek (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae), sympatric egg parasitoids of the African cereal stem borer Sesamia calamistis Hampson (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-12

  Agboka, Komi ^a,b   Schulthess, Fritz ^a   Chabi Olaye, A ^a   Labo, Ibraim ^a,b   Gounou, Saka ^a   Smith, Homa ^b  

^a Biological Control Center for Africa   (Benin)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOMÉ   (Togo)

Author keywords

Egg parasitoids; Multiparasitism; Self , intra , and interspecific host discrimination; Sesamia calamistis; Superparasitism; T. isis; Telenomus busseolae

Indexed keywords

HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; PAPAIPEMA NEBRIS; SCELIONIDAE; SESAMIA; SESAMIA CALAMISTIS; TELENOMUS;

EID: 0036094626     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014471826914     Document Type: Article

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