Host movement initiates oviposition behavior of Meteorus pulchricornis, a braconid parasitoid of free-living lepidopteran larvae

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-59

  Yamamoto, Masaki ^a   Chau, Nguyen Ngoc Bao ^a   Maeto, Kaoru ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dummy; Exposed living; Host searching; Spodoptera litura; Visual cues

Indexed keywords

BRACONIDAE; METEORUS PULCHRICORNIS; SPODOPTERA LITURA;

EID: 68949130906     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2009.53     Document Type: Article

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