Parasitoids and predators of the endemic defoliator pseudocoremia suavis (Butler) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae)

New Zealand Entomologist

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-98

  Berndt, L A ^a   Berry, J A ^b   Brockerhoff, E G ^c  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c Ensis   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hymenoptera; Hyperparasitoid; Natural enemy; Plantation forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009471842     PISSN: 00779962     EISSN: 11793430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00779962.2006.9722142     Document Type: Article

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