How does the ectoparasitoid wasp Euplectrus separatae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) recognize a suitable oviposition site on the host larva Pseudaletia separata (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)?

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 185-191

  Nakamatsu, Yutaka ^a   Tanaka, Toshiharu ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ectoparasitoid; Eulophidae; Oviposition sites; Pseudaletia separata; Stinging behavior

Indexed keywords

EULOPHIDAE; EUPLECTRUS; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYTHIMNA SEPARATA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NOCTUIDAE; SEPARATA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 18044374996     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2005.185     Document Type: Article

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