Use of odors for in-flight orientation to the host and for host recognition by the parasitoid Brachymeria intermedia (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae)
Brachymeria intermedia is a primary parasitoid of pupae of the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). Previous studies established how females determine the acceptability of potential hosts through contact with their cuticular kairomones. This work investigates how olfactory cues...
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
1997
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI9721465 |