Nezara viridula parasitism by the tachinid fly Trichopoda pennipes ten years after its accidental introduction into Italy from the New World

BioControl

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 617-624

  Salerno, Gianandrea ^a   Colazza, Stefano ^b   Bin, Ferdinando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Indirect effect of biological control; New associations; Nezara viridula; Parasitoid; Pentatomidae; Tachinidae; Trichopoda pennipes

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES;

ITALY;

ARTHROPODA; DIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; NEZARA; NEZARA VIRIDULA; PENTATOMIDAE; TACHINIDAE; TRICHOPODA;

EID: 0036883707     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020521607677     Document Type: Article

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