Seasonal abundance of Homadaula anisocentra (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) and two parasitoids, Elasmus albizziae (Hymenoptera: Elasmidae) and Parania geniculata (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), in an urban forest

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 70-74

  Sadof, Clifford S ^a   Snyder, Ryan T ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Gregarious parasitoid; Phenology; Solitary parasitoid; Urban forest

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; PARASITOID; PHENOLOGY; URBAN FORESTRY;

INDIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WEST LAFAYETTE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ELASMUS; ELASMUS ALBIZZIAE; EULOPHIDAE; GLEDITSIA; GLEDITSIA TRIACANTHOS; HOMADAULA ANISOCENTRA; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MIMOSA; PARANIA GENICULATA; PHALONIIDAE; PLUTELLIDAE;

EID: 13544251498     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-34.1.70     Document Type: Article

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