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- Title
Interacción entre Lixophaga diatraeae (Towns.) (Diptera: Tachinidae) y Tetrastichus howardi (Olliff) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) parasitoides de Diatraea saccharalis (Fab.) en Cuba. Parte I.
- Authors
González, Jorge Félix Álvarez; De Oca, Fernando Naranjo Montes; Ravelo, Horacio Grillo
- Abstract
Under natural conditions T. howardi (Olliff), a pupal parasitoid of Diatraea saccharalis (Fab.) in Cuba, prefers pupae of D. saccharalis vs. pupae of Lixophaga diatraeae (Towns.); both parasitoids occupies microhabitats very distant, without competence by food. Confined T. howardi completes his biological cycle only in L. diatraeae pupae with age no more than 36 hours.
- Subjects
CUBA; TETRASTICHUS; PARASITOIDS; SUGARCANE borer; LIXOPHAGA diatraeae; ECOLOGICAL niche; PUPAE; LIFE cycles (Biology)
- Publication
Revista Centro Agricola, 2007, Vol 34, Issue 3, p69
- ISSN
0253-5785
- Publication type
Article