PARASITIZATION OF LYGUS LINEOLARIS (HEMIPTERA: MIRIDAE) BY LEIOPHRON UNIFORMIS (HYMENOPTERA: BRACONIDAE): HOST DEFENSE AND HOST ACCEPTANCE.

The ability of Leiophron uniformis (Gahan) to parasitize 4 Lygus spp. was determined. While L. uniformis readily attacked Lygus hesperus (Knight), L. lineolaris (Palisot de Beauvois), L. elisus Van Duzee, and L. desertinus Knight, only 6.7% of the L. lineolaris attacked were parasitized compared to...

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Main Author: DEBOLT, JACK WARNER.
Other Authors: Nutting, William L.
Language:en
Published: The University of Arizona. 1987
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184000