Lepidoptera and associated parasitoids attacking hass and non-hass avocados in Guatemala

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1310-1316

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Avocado pests; Braconidae; Ichneumonidae; Persea americana; Quarantine

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVOCADO; CLASSIFICATION; FRUIT; GUATEMALA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WASP;

ANIMALS; FRUIT; GUATEMALA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; PERSEA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WASPS;

AMORBIA; APANTELES SP.; BRACHYCYRTUS SP.; BRACONIDAE; EUXOA; HOLCOCERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; LAURACEAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MACROCENTRUS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MICRATHETIS TRIPLEX; PERSEA AMERICANA; PRISTOMERUS; SORELLA; STENOMA CATENIFER;

EID: 46849104952     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2008)101[1310:LAAPAH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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