Development and reproduction of an aphidophagous coccinellid, Propylea japonica (Thunberg) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), reared on an alternative diet, Ephestia kuehniella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) eggs

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 233-237

  Hamasaki, Kenji ^a   Matsui, Masaharu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative diet; Ephestia kuehniella egg; Lady beetle; Natural enemy; Propylea japonica

Indexed keywords

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; ANAGASTA KUEHNIELLA; APHIDIDAE; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; KUEHNIELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; PROPYLEA JAPONICA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 33744959855     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2006.233     Document Type: Article

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