Responses of Lipolexis oregmae (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) to Different Instars of Toxoptera citricida (Homoptera: Aphididae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1685-1692

  Walker, Alison M ^a   Hoy, Marjorie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APHIDIDAE; APHIDIINAE; CITRUS; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; LIPOLEXIS; LIPOLEXIS OREGMAE; LIPOLEXIS SCUTELLARIS; TOXOPTERA CITRICIDA;

EID: 0742270733     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-96.6.1685     Document Type: Article

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