Leafminer Parasitoid Opius dissitus Muesebeck (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
Vol. 2011 No. 11, Historical Fact Sheets
Vol. 2011 No. 11

Leafminer Parasitoid Opius dissitus Muesebeck (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Braconidae): EENY 501/IN902, 10/2011

Historical Fact Sheets
https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in902-2011
Published 2011-11-30
Jian Li
University of Florida
Dakshina Seal
University of Florida
Gary Leibee
University of Florida
Early stage pupa of Opius dissitus Muesebeck, an endoparasite of Liriomyza leafminers.
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Li, Jian, Dakshina Seal, and Gary Leibee. 2011. “Leafminer Parasitoid Opius Dissitus Muesebeck (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Braconidae): EENY 501 IN902, 10 2011”. EDIS 2011 (11). Gainesville, FL. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in902-2011.
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Abstract

Leafminers are usually the larvae of insects that feed or mine inside plant leaves, and Opius dissitus is a wasp endoparasite that keeps the population of Liriomyza leafminers in check. This 2-page fact sheet was written by Jian Li, Dakshina Seal, and Gary Leibee, and published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, October 2011. Reviewed December 2014.

EENY 501/IN902: Leafminer Parasitoid Opius dissitus Muesebeck (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Braconidae) (ufl.edu)

https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in902-2011
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