Distribution and parasitism of Sophonia rufofascia (homoptera: cicadellidae) eggs in Hawaii

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 664-669

  Alyokhin, Andrei V ^a,b   Yang, Pingjun ^a,c   Messing, Russell H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Parasitoid; Sophonia rufofascia

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942547154     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2001)094[0664:DAPOSR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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