External morphology of Cotesia flavipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) during larval development

Cotesia flavipes (Cameron, 1891) (Hymenoptera) is a gregarious endoparasitoid used in applied biological control against Diatraea saccharalis (Fabricius, 1794) (Lepidoptera). In this study, we characterize the larval external morphology and the number of instars of C. flavipes. Parasitized larvae of...

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Main Authors: Daniela O. Pinheiro, Guilherme D. Rossi, Fernando L. Cônsoli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2010-01-01
Series:Zoologia (Curitiba)
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702010000600022