Oviposition at low temperatures - Late season negatively affects the leaf beetle Galeruca tanaceti (Coleoptera: Galerucinae) but not its specialised egg parasitoid Oomyzus galerucivorus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 765-770

  Meiners, Torsten ^a   Randlkofer, Barbara ^a,b   Obermaier, Elisabeth ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eulophidae; Galeruca tanaceti; Galerucinae; Oomyzus galerucivorus; Parasitoid host interactions; Phenology; Seasonal activity; Tansy leaf beetle; Temperature dependency

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DIAPAUSE; EGG PARASITOID; GRASSLAND; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; LOW TEMPERATURE; OVIPOSITION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONALITY; WASP;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; EULOPHIDAE; GALERUCA TANACETI; GALERUCINAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; OOMYZUS GALERUCIVORUS; TANACETUM VULGARE; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 33750355515     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2006.103     Document Type: Article

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