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Influence of New Growth on the Food Plant of the Host on Host-finding by Drino bohemica Mesnil (Diptera: Tachinidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

L. G. Monteith
Affiliation:
Research Institute, Research Branch, Canada Department of Agriculture, Belleville, Ontario

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.

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1966

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