Apanteles melanoscelus, an imported parasite of the gipsy moth
By: by S.S. Crossman
Series: Bulletin / United States Department of Agriculture -- no. 1028; Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture -- no. 1028
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Published: 1922
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 25
Subjects: Apanteles; Gypsy moth; Parasitic insects
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"March 13, 1922."

"Professional paper."

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Table of contents: title: Introduction. pp. 1.; title: Part I. Description and life history : History; title: Distribution in Europe; title: Description of species; title: Methods used in biological work; title: Life history; title: Seasonal history; title: Feeding of parasitized larvae versus nonparasitized larvae; title: Longevity experiments; title: Hosts of A. melanoscelus. pp. 2.; title: Part II. Introduction and establishment : European work; title: Comparison of seasonal history in Sicily and New England; title: Abundance of A. melanoscelus in Sicily; title: Secondary parasitism in Sicily; title: Colonization in New England; title: Methods used to obtain material for colonization; title: Success of colonies and distribution of A. melanoscelus; title: Dispersion; title: Secondary parasitism; title: The value of A. melanoscelus as a gipsy moth parasite; title: Abundance of A. melanoscelus in New England. pp. 14.; title: Conclusion. pp. 25.