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Itoplectis conquisitor (Say) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), a New Parasite of the European Corn Borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), in Canada

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Marcel Hudon
Affiliation:
Research Station, Research Branch, Canada Department of Agriculture, St. Jean, Quebec

Abstract

The capture of Itoplectis conquisitor (Say) is being reported as the first record of this ichneumonid as a parasite of the European corn borer Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner) in Canada.

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Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1966

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