Life tables of Venturia canescens (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) parasitizing the Mediterranean flour moth (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 237-243

  Eliopoulos, P A ^a  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF KALAMATA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biological control; Life tables; Stored products; Venturia canescens

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HONEY; LARVA; LIFE TABLE; METHODOLOGY; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; WASP;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HONEY; LARVA; LIFE TABLES; MOTHS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE; WASPS;

ANAGASTA KUEHNIELLA; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE; VENTURIA CANESCENS;

EID: 33746726287     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2006)099[0237:LTOVCH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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