AN EFFECT OF PARASITISM BY MICROCTONUS VITTATAE (HYMENOPTERA: BRACONIDAE) ON EMERGENCE OF PHYLLOTRETA CRUCIFERAE AND PHYLLOTRETA STRIOLATA (COLEOPTERA: CHRYSOMELIDAE) FROM OVERWINTERING SITES
- 1 August 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Canadian Entomologist
- Vol. 114 (8) , 727-732
- https://doi.org/10.4039/ent114727-8
Abstract
Adults of the two main rape-infesting flea beetle species in Manitoba, Phyllotreta cruciferae (Goeze) and Phyllotreta striolata (F.), that were parasitized by Microctonus vittatae Mues., emerged earlier from overwintering sites than unparasitized adults of the same species. Early emergence of parasitized beetles ensures early emergence of parasite adults and thereby probably increases the impact of the parasite on the host's population.Keywords
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