Publications

	leptopterna dolobrata (l.) (holarctis) and calocoris roseomaculatus (de geer) (palaearctis) are single-brooded in the whole range of their distribution and hibernate in the egg stage. both species are active only for 21/2 months, while the egg stage lasts over 9 months.the main food plants of leptopterna are dactylis glomerata and alopecurus pratensis. whereas the instars i-iii feed on the ears of the grasses only, the later stages, including the adults, may change to the stems and leaves. in th ...	1971	28311800
potential for classical biological control of the potato bug closterotomus norwegicus (hemiptera: miridae): description, parasitism and host specificity of peristenus closterotomae sp. n. (hymenoptera: braconidae).	the potato bug, closterotomus norwegicus (gmelin) (hemiptera: miridae) is an introduced pest of lucerne, white clover and lotus seed crops in new zealand and a key pest of pistachios in california, usa. efforts were made to identify potential biological control agents of c. norwegicus in europe. a total of eight parasitoids, including six primary parasitoids from the genus peristenus (hymenoptera: braconidae) and two hyperparasitoids from the genus mesochorus (hymenoptera: ichneumonidae), were r ...	2006	16923210