Development, Longevity, and Fecundity of Chelonus sp. nr. curvimaculatus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), an Egg-Larval Parasitoid of Pink Bollworm (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 443-449

  Hentz, Matthew G ^a   Ellsworth, Peter C ^b   Naranjo, Steven E ^c   Watson, Theo F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Chelonus sp. nr. curvimaculatus; Life history; Pectinophora gossypiella

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242563697     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/27.2.443     Document Type: Article

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