Bionomics of Oncometopia tucumana (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), a sharpshooter from Argentina, with notes on its distribution, host plants, and egg parasitoids

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-62

  Virla, Eduardo G ^a   Logarzo, Guillermo A ^b   Paradell, Susana L ^c   Triapitsyn, Serguei V ^d  

^a PLANTA PILOTO DE PROCESOS INDUSTRIALES MICROBIOLÓGICOS PROIMI CONICET   (Argentina)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonatocerus; Mymaridae; Oncometopia; Proconiini; Seasonal occurrence

Indexed keywords

EGG PARASITOID; HOST PLANT; INSECT; MORTALITY; ORCHARD; PARASITOID; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARGENTINA; HORCO MOLLE EXPERIMENTAL RESERVE; JUJUY; SALTA [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA; TUCUMAN;

CICADELLIDAE; CITRUS; GONATOCERUS; GONATOCERUS TUBERCULIFEMUR; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; MYMARIDAE; ONCOMETOPIA;

EID: 42049091871     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2008)091[0055:BOOTHC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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