A Parasitoid Wasp Cotesia congregata (Say) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
This species of Cotesia has been widely used as a model system in insect physiology. It has also been used to examine insect learning in host-parasitoid-plant interactions. It is an important natural enemy of the tobacco hornworm, a detrimental pest species that feeds on many plants in the Solanace...
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| Language: | English |
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The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries
2014-09-01
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| Online Access: | https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/131762 |
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| Summary: | This species of Cotesia has been widely used as a model system in insect physiology. It has also been used to examine insect learning in host-parasitoid-plant interactions. It is an important natural enemy of the tobacco hornworm, a detrimental pest species that feeds on many plants in the Solanaceae (tobacco, pepper, tomato, etc.) family. This 5-page fact sheet was written by Christopher D. Crockett, Andrea Lucky, Oscar E. Liburd, and Karen M. Kester, and published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, July 2014.
EENY598/IN1042: A Parasitoid Wasp Cotesia congregata (Say) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Braconidae) (ufl.edu)
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| ISSN: | 2576-0009 |