Interspecific competition between two ectoparasitoids of Phyllocnistis citrella (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae): Cirrospilus brevis and the exotic Quadrastichus sp. (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)

The eulophid Quadrastichus sp. was released in Spain in 1996 and 1997 to control the recently introduced citrus leafminer, Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton. Although this parasitoid became established, it did not exert any substantial control of P. citrella compared to the native Cirrospilus brevis Z...

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Main Authors:	Urbaneja, Alberto, Llácer, Elena, Garrido, Antonio, Jaques, Josep A.
Format:	article
Language:	Inglés
Published:	2017
Subjects:	Cirrospilus brevis (= C. sp. near lyncus) Classical biological control Facultative hyperparasitoids Interspecific competition Phyllocnistis citrella Quadrastichus sp.
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/4630 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S104996440300104X