Survival and predation of Delphastus catalinae (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), a predator of whiteflies (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae), after exposure to a range of constant temperatures

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 839-843

  Simmons, Alvin M ^a   Legaspi, Jesusa C ^a,b  

^a USDA ARS US Vegetable Laboratory   (United States)

^b FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bemisia tabaci; Biological control; Delphastus catalinae; Vegetable; Whitefly

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; OVERWINTERING; PREDATION; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE; WHITEFLY;

ALEYRODIDAE; BEMISIA; BEMISIA TABACI; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DELPHASTUS; DELPHASTUS CATALINAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HOMOPTERA; INSECTA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 4344703441     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-33.4.839     Document Type: Article

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