Learning of visual cues in the fruit fly parasitoid Psyttalia concolor (Szépligeti) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

BioControl

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 767-777

  Benelli, Giovanni ^a   Canale, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Fruit flies; Host seeking behaviour; Innate preferences; Opiinae; Sensitisation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENDOPARASITE; FLY; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; INNATE BEHAVIOR; LARVA; LEARNING; MICROHABITAT; OVIPOSITION; PARASITOID; PUPA; VISUAL CUE; WASP;

BRACONIDAE; CERATITIS CAPITATA; HYMENOPTERA; OPIINAE; OPIUS CONCOLOR; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 84869091948     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-012-9456-0     Document Type: Article

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