In vitro rearing of the tachinid parasitoid Exorista larvarum with exclusion of the host insect for more than one generation

Bulletin of Insectology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 333-336

  Marchetti, Elisa ^a   Baronio, Piero ^a   Dindo, Maria Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Continuous in vitro rearing; Exorista larvarum; Galleria mellonella; Parasitoids; Tachinidae

Indexed keywords

EXORISTA LARVARUM; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 77952020083     PISSN: 17218861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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