Bioecology of Stenoma catenifer (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae) and associated larval parasitoids reared from hass avocados in Guatemala

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 692-698

  Hoddle, Mark S ^a   Hoddle, Christina D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apanteles sp.; Brachycyrtus sp.; Life table; Macrocentrus sp.; Oviposition choice tests

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVOCADO; ECOSYSTEM; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; OVIPOSITION; PERSEA; POPULATION DENSITY;

APANTELES SP.; BRACHYCYRTUS SP.; ELACHISTIDAE; LAURACEAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MACROCENTRUS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PERSEA AMERICANA; STENOMA CATENIFER;

EID: 46849085760     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2008)101[692:BOSCLE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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