Host habitat preference of Fopius arisanus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a parasitoid of tephritid fruit flies

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 603-608

  Eitam, Avi ^a   Vargas, Roger I ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Egg pupal parasitoid; Host location; Tephritidae

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FLY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; HOST LOCATION; PARASITISM; PARASITOID;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

BACTROCERA DORSALIS; BRACONIDAE; CARICA PAPAYA; FOPIUS ARISANUS; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; HYMENOPTERA; PRUNUS DULCIS; PSIDIUM; PSIDIUM CATTLEIANUM; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA; TEPHRITIDAE; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA CATAPPA;

EID: 34447567316     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2007)100[603:HHPOFA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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