Biology of some phytoseiid predators (Acari: Phytoseiidae) on eggs of Phthorimaea operculella and Spodoptera littoralis (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae and Noctuidae)

Acarologia

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-30

  El Sawi, S A ^b   Momen, F M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acari; Gelechiidae; Lepidoptera; Noctuidae; Phytoseiidae

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BALANITES; GELECHIIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; NEOSEIULUS CALIFORNICUS; NOCTUIDAE; PHTHORIMAEA OPERCULELLA; PHYTOSEIIDAE; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS; TYPHLODROMIPS SWIRSKII; TYPHLODROMUS; TYPHLODROMUS BALANITES;

EID: 32044434757     PISSN: 0044586X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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