Redescription of Apanteles mimoristae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), a parasitoid of the native pyralid cactus moth Melitara cf. nephelepasa in central Mexico

Redescription of Apanteles mimoristae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), a parasitoid of the native pyralid cactus moth Melitara cf. nephelepasa in central Mexico

Novel trophic associations have sometimes resulted in fortuitous and significant biological control. After the invasion of North America by the South American cactus moth, Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg) (Pyralidae: Phycitinae), it is pertinent to characterize the assemblage of local natural enemies th...

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Main Authors: Renato Villegas-Luján, Robert Plowes, Lawrence E. Gilbert, Julio Cesar Rodríguez, Ricardo Canales-del-Castillo, Gabriel Gallegos-Morales, Martha P. España-Luna, José Fernández-Triana, Sergio R. Sanchez-Peña
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2024-03-01
Series:Journal of Hymenoptera Research
Online Access:https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/117514/download/pdf/

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