A female-produced short-range sex pheromone in the egg parasitoid Trissolcus brochymenae

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 144-153

  Salerno, Gianandrea ^a   Frati, Francesca ^a   Iacovone, Alessia ^a   Conti, Eric ^a   Peri, Ezio ^b   Colazza, Stefano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Courtship behaviour; Hymenoptera; Platygastridae; Protandry

Indexed keywords

HYMENOPTERA; PLATYGASTRIDAE; TRISSOLCUS BROCHYMENAE;

EID: 84862325094     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: 17447410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2012.00258.x     Document Type: Article

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