Field evaluation of Cotesia rubecula (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), an introduced parasitoid of Pieris rapae (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) in New Zealand

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 367-374

  Cameron, P J ^a,b   Walker, G P ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cotesia glomerata; Cotesia rubecula; Impact; Introduction; Pieris rapae; Spread

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PARASITOID; PEST CONTROL;

NEW ZEALAND;

BRACONIDAE; COTESIA; COTESIA GLOMERATA; COTESIA RUBECULA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; PIERIDAE; PIERIS RAPAE; TETRASTICHUS; TETRASTICHUS GALACTOPUS;

EID: 0036557217     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-31.2.367     Document Type: Article

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