The parasitoid of a fruit moth caterpillar utilizes fruit components as nutrient source to increase its longevity and fertility

Biological Control

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 341-348

  Hein, Silke ^a   Dorn, Silvia ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cydia spp.; Fecundity; Food source; Host feeding; Hyssopus pallidus; Longevity; Nutritional ecology

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; CYDIA; CYDIA POMONELLA; HYSSOPUS PALLIDUS; LEPIDOPTERA; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 38849177416     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2007.10.013     Document Type: Article

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