Developmental biology of vine mealybug, Planococcus ficus (Signoret) (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae), and its parasitoid Coccidoxenoides perminutus (Timberlake) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae)

African Entomology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 143-147

  Walton, V M ^a   Pringle, K L ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Coccidoxenoides perminutus; Developmental biology; Life tables; Planococcus ficus

Indexed keywords

ENCYRTIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; PLANOCOCCUS FICUS; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE;

EID: 18144401307     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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