Oviposition specificity of the specialist Tinthia myrmosaeformis under different degrees of behavioral restrictions

Biological Control

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 274-280

  Turanli, Ferit ^a   Schaffner, Urs ^b  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CABI   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Classical biological control; Host specificity; Host selection behavior; Potentilla recta; Sesiidae; Tinthia myrmosaeformis

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOPTERA; POTENTILLA; POTENTILLA RECTA; SESIIDAE; TINTHIA MYRMOSAEFORMIS;

EID: 2342465573     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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