Parasitism of Native Luna Moths, Actias luna (L.) (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) by the Introduced Compsilura concinnata (Meigen) (Diptera: Tachinidae) in Central Virginia, and Their Hyperparasitism by Trigonalid Wasps (Hymenoptera: Trigonalidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1019-1027

  Kellogg, Shelly K ^a,b   Fink, Linda S ^a   Brower, Lincoln P ^a  

^a SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compsilura concinnata; Hyperparasitoid; Nontarget host; Parasitoid; Saturniidae

Indexed keywords

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

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

ACTIAS LUNA; CARYA; COMPSILURA; COMPSILURA CONCINNATA; DIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; MACROLEPIDOPTERA; PHACELIA CONGESTA; SATURNIIDAE; TACHINIDAE; TRIGONALIDAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0242416184     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-32.5.1019     Document Type: Article

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