Effect of temperature on development, survivorship, and fecundity of Lysiphlebia mirzai (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae), a parasitoid of Toxoptera citricida (Homoptera: Aphididae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 418-424

  Liu, Ying Hong ^a,b   Tsai, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biological control; Brown citrus aphid; Lysiphlebia mirzai; Temperature dependent development

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LONGEVITY; PARASITOID; PEST CONTROL; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVORSHIP; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

APHIDIDAE; APHIDIIDAE; APHIDIINAE; CITRUS; HEMIPTERA; HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LYSIPHLEBIA; LYSIPHLEBIA MIRZAI; TOXOPTERA CITRICIDA;

EID: 0036557031     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-31.2.418     Document Type: Article

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