For sex and more: Attraction of the tephritid parasitoid Psyttalia concolor (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) to male sex pheromone of the olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae

Journal of Pest Science

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 449-457

  Benelli, Giovanni ^a   Carpita, Adriano ^a   Simoncini, Sandro ^a   Raspi, Alfio ^a   Canale, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemical espionage; Foraging kairomones; Fruit flies; Muscalure; Olean; Sexual kairomones

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FLY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; KAIROMONE; MATE ATTRACTION; MATING BEHAVIOR; OLFACTORY CUE; PARASITOID; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEX PHEROMONE; WASP;

BACTROCERA OLEAE; BRACONIDAE; DIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; OPIUS CONCOLOR; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 84905227161     PISSN: 16124758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10340-014-0595-1     Document Type: Article

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