Exploration in Belize for parasitoids attacking eggs of citrus weevils, and an evaluation of Pediobius irregularis and Horismenus bennetti (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) as potential biological control agents of Diaprepes abbreviatus and Pachnaeus litus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 660-663

  Hall, D G ^a   Eger, J E ^b   Pena, J ^c   Duncan, R ^c   O'Brien, C ^d   Evans, G ^e   McCoy, C ^f  

^a United States Sugar Corporation   (United States)

^b DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DIVISION OF PLANT INDUSTRY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG PARASITOID; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; POTENTIAL BIOCONTROL AGENT;

BELIZE; FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

CITRUS; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; DIAPREPES ABBREVIATUS; EULOPHIDAE; EXOPHTHALMUS; EXOPHTHALMUS VITTICOLLIS; HEXAPODA; HORISMENUS; HORISMENUS BENNETTI; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; PACHNAEUS LITUS; PEDIOBIUS; PEDIOBIUS IRREGULARIS;

EID: 0036977459     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2002)085[0660:EIBFPA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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