Exploitation of the serpentine leafminer Liriomyza trifolii and tomato leafminer L. bryoniae (Diptera: Agromyzidae) by the parasitoid Gronotoma micromorpha (Hymenoptera: Eucoilidae)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-59

  Abe, Yoshihisa ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agromyzidae; Biological control; Development; Eucoilidae; Gronotoma; Host acceptance; Host suitability; Liriomyza; Survival

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HOST SELECTION; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LEAFMINER;

AGROMYZIDAE; DIPTERA; EUCOILINAE; GRONOTOMA MICROMORPHA; HYMENOPTERA; LIRIOMYZA; LIRIOMYZA BRYONIAE; LIRIOMYZA TRIFOLII; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 30444445614     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2006.009     Document Type: Article

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