Olfactory attraction of the larval parasitoid, Hyposoter horticola, to plants infested with eggs of the host butterfly, Melitaea cinxia

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Castelo, Marcela K ^a   van Nouhuys, Saskya ^b,c   Corley, Juan C ^d  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d Inst Nac de Tecnol Agropecuaria   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chemical cues; Foraging behavior; Insect plant interactions; Multitrophic level interaction; Plantago lanceolata; Veronica spicata

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; ODOR; OOCYTE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTAGO; WASP;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LARVA; OVUM; PLANTAGO; SMELL; WASPS;

EID: 77957373148     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.010.5301     Document Type: Article

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