Male-biased sex ratios in Glyptapanteles flavicoxis (Hymoneptera: Braconidae), a parasitoid of the gypsy moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 553-559

  Fuester, Roger W ^a   Swan, Kenneth S ^a   Dunning, Kyle ^a   Taylor, Philip B ^a   Ramaseshiah, Gujjanadu ^a  

^a USDA ARS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Number of copulations; Postmaking rest period; Reproduction; Sex ratio; Temperature at mating

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; PARASITOID; REARING; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO;

BRACONIDAE; GLYPTAPANTELES; GLYPTAPANTELES FLAVICOXIS; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; LYMANTRIIDAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0242349622     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2003)096[0553:MSRIGF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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