Effect of temperature on the life cycle of Lydella jalisco (Diptera: Tachinidae), a parasitoid of Eoreuma loftini (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 432-437

  Lauzière, Isabelle ^a,b   Setamou, Mamoudou ^a   Legaspi, Jesusa ^a   Jones, Walker ^a,c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bldg S 6017   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Development rate; Eoreuma loftini; Longevity; Lydella jalisco; Stalkborer

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE; LONGEVITY; PARASITOID; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

DIPTERA; EOREUMA LOFTINI; LEPIDOPTERA; LYDELLA JALISCO; PYRALIDAE; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 0036627518     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-31.3.432     Document Type: Article

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