Directed search pattern of a leafminer parasitoid among mines of host larvae

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 586-591

  Ayabe, Yoshiko ^a   Ueno, Takatoshi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Directional recognition; Leafminer parasitoid; Searching behavior; Vibrational cue

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; MINE; PARASITOID; RECOGNITION; VIBRATION;

AGROMYZIDAE; DIPTERA; EULOPHIDAE; HEMIPTARSENUS; HEMIPTARSENUS VARICORNIS; HYMENOPTERA; LIRIOMYZA; LIRIOMYZA TRIFOLII;

EID: 3242789577     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2004)097[0586:DSPOAL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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