Females of Cotesia vestalis, a parasitoid of diamondback moth larvae, learn to recognise cues from aphid-infested plants to exploit honeydew

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 538-541

  Kugimiya, Soichi ^a   Shimoda, Takeshi ^b   Mcneil, Jeremy N ^c   Takabayashi, Junji ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Food searching; Herbivore induced plant volatiles; Learning; Myzus persicae; Plutella xylostella

Indexed keywords

APHID; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYDEW; LARVA; LEARNING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MOTH; PARASITOID; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

APHIDIDAE; COTESIA VESTALIS; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYZUS PERSICAE; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; PLUTELLIDAE; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 77955254152     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2010.01207.x     Document Type: Article

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