Temperature and food source effects on adult longevity of Apanteles galleriae Wilkinson (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 441-446

  Uçkan, Fevzi ^a   Ergin, Ekrem ^a  

^a BAHCESEHIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apanteles galleriae; Biological control; Food source; Longevity; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DIET; LONGEVITY; PARASITOID; TEMPERATURE;

ACHROIA GRISELLA; APANTELES; APANTELES GALLERIAE; BRACONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 0037559641     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-32.3.441     Document Type: Article

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