Life tables of Habrobracon hebetor (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) parasitizing Anagasta kuehniella and Plodia interpunctella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae): Effect of host density

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 982-988

  Eliopoulos, P A ^a   Stathas, G J ^b  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF KALAMATA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anagasta kuelmiella; Biological control; Habrobracon hebetor; Life tables; Plodia interpunctella

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CLUTCH SIZE; DRUG EFFECT; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FLOUR; GREECE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYMENOPTERA; INSECT; LARVA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FLOUR; GREECE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HYMENOPTERA; LARVA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLES; OVIPOSITION; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PESTICIDES; PUPA;

ANAGASTA; ANAGASTA KUEHNIELLA; BRACONIDAE; HABROBRACON HEBETOR; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; PLODIA INTERPUNCTELLA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 46849095613     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2008)101[982:LTOHHH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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