The failure to discriminate: Superparasitism of trichoplusia ni Hbner by a generalist tachinid parasitoid

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 255-261

  Caron, V ^a   Myers, J H ^a   Gillespie, D R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SUMMERLAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compsilura concinnata; host quality; host selection; host stage; host parasitoid interactions; sex ratio

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCE; FLY; GENERALIST; HOST QUALITY; HOST RANGE; HOST SELECTION; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MOTH; SEX RATIO; SUPERPARASITISM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; MALE; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; DIPTERA;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LARVA; MALE; MOTHS;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; COMPSILURA CONCINNATA; DIPTERA; TACHINIDAE; TRICHOPLUSIA NI;

EID: 77955852002     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: 14752670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007485309990198     Document Type: Article

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