Egg-larval opiine parasitoids (Hym., Braconidae) of tephritid fruit fly pests do not attack the flowerhead-feeder Trupanea dubautiae (Dipt., Tephritidae)

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 128, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 716-722

  Wang, X G ^a   Bokonon Ganta, A H ^a   Ramadan, M M ^b   Messing, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF PLANT INDUSTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Fopius arisanus; Fopius caudatus; Fopius ceratitivorus; Non target test; Parasitoids; Tephritids; Trupanea dubautiae

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NONTARGET ORGANISM; OVIPOSITION; PARASITOID;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ASTERACEAE; BRACONIDAE; CAPITATA; CARICA PAPAYA; CERATITIS; CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DUBAUTIA; DUBAUTIA RAILLARDIOIDES; FOPIUS; FOPIUS ARISANUS; FOPIUS CAUDATUS; FOPIUS CERATITIVORUS; HAWAIIA; HYMENOPTERA; TEPHRITIDAE; TRUPANEA; TRUPANEA DUBAUTIAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 11144276061     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2004.00920.x     Document Type: Article

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