Hyperparasitoids of the gum leaf skeletoniser, Uraba lugens Walker (Lepidoptera: Nolidae), with implications for the selection of a biological control agent for Uraba lugens in New Zealand

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 215-218

  Berry, Jocelyn A ^a   Mansfield, Sarah ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b Ensis   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Diatora; Eucalyptus; Forest; New record

Indexed keywords

ANASTATUS; BRACONIDAE; CHALCIDOIDEA; COTESIA; CRYPTINAE; DOLICHOGENIDEA; ELASMUS; EUCALYPTUS; EULOPHIDAE; EUPELMIDAE; EUPLECTRUS; ICHNEUMONIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROGASTRINAE; NOLIDAE; PARAPHYLAX; PEDIOBIUS BRUCHICIDA; PTEROMALIDAE; TETRASTICHUS; URABA LUGENS;

EID: 33845519879     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: 14406055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.2006.00532.x     Document Type: Article

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