Influence of New Growth on the Food Plant of the Host on Host-finding by Drino bohemica Mesnil (Diptera: Tachinidae)
- 1 November 1966
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Canadian Entomologist
- Vol. 98 (11) , 1205-1207
- https://doi.org/10.4039/ent981205-11
Abstract
The parasitic tachinid Drino bohemica Mesn. preferred the odour of old to that of new growth on the food plant of its preferred host. The new growth directly and indirectly influenced host-finding and host selection by the parasite.Keywords
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