Studies on Conura torvina (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) Reproduction and biology in Relation to Hosts in Brassica Crops

Conura torvina (Cresson) (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) is a solitary pupal endoparasite of numerous insect species. In Brassica crops it acts as a parasite of Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) and was found as a hyperparasite of Cotesia rubecula (Marshall) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) an...

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Main Author: Gaines, David N.
Other Authors: Entomology
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/30496
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-374116272974850/