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Temperature Thresholds and Degree-Day Model for Marmara gulosa (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) (with M. J. O'Neal, Gregory H. Montez, and E.E. Grafton-Cardwell), Journal of Economic Entomology (2011)

The developmental thresholds for Marmara gulosa Guillen & Davis (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) were investigated in the...

 

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Biology and parasitism rates of Pteromalus nr. myopitae (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), a newly discovered parasitoid of olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae (Diptera: Tephritidae) in coastal California (with Therese Kapaun, Hannah Nadel, and Larisa Vredevoe), Biological Control (2010)

An undescribed wasp, Pteromalus nr. myopitae (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) opportunistically parasitizes the olive fruit fly Bactrocera...

 

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Novel Lepidopteran Sex Pheromone Components From Marmara gulosa (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) (with J. Stephen McElfresh, Jardel A. Moreira, Elizabeth E. Grafton-Cardwell, John M. Heraty, Marta Guillen, and Jocelyn G. Millar), Journal of Economic Entomology (2009)

Marmara gulosa Guillén & Davis (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) is a sporadic pest of citrus and a...

 

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Biological Control as a Tool for Ecosystem Management (with Richard D. Goeden), Biological Control (2001)

Biological control is proposed as a tool useful for ecosystem management and compatible with the...

 

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Fork-tailed Katydid Studies, Citrus Research Board 2000 Annual Report (2000)

The fork-tailed katydid, Scudderia furcata Brunner (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) was considered a minor pest of citrus...

 

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Development and Reproduction of a Population of Eretmocerus eremicus (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) on Bemisia argentifolii (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) (with Thomas S. Bellows, Jr. and Thomas M. Perring), Environmental Entomology (1999)

Although the aphelinid parasitoid Eretmocerus eremicus Rose & Zolnerowich is the most abundant naturally occurring...

 

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The Biology of Nonfrugivorous Tephritid Fruit Flies (with Richard D. Goeden), Annual Review of Entomology (1998)

This review is the first comprehensive treatment of the biology of nonfrugivorous fruit flies of...

 

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Behavior of Female Eretmocerus sp. nr. Californicus Howard (Aphelinidae: Hymenoptera) Attacking Bemisa Argentifolii Bellows and Perring (Aleyrodidae: Homoptera) on Two Native Californian Weeds (with Thomas S. Bellows, Jr. and Thomas M. Perring), Canadian Entomologist (1997)

Searching and ovipositional behaviors by female Eretmocems sp. nr. californicus Howard on Bemisia argentifolii Bellows...

 

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Issues Concerning the Eradication or Establishment and Biological Control of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly,Ceratitis capitata(Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae), in California (with Richard D. Goeden), Biological Control (1996)

Classical biological control is suggested as a tool worth developing now for possible future use...

 

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Host-Plant Effects on the Behavior of Eretmocerus sp. nr. Californicus Females Raised from Melon (with Thomas S. Bellows, Jr. and Thomas M. Perring), Entomophaga (1996)

The behaviors of female Eretmocerus sp. nr. californiens raised from Bemisia argentifolii Bellows & Perring...

 

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Behaviors of FemaleEretmocerussp. nr.californicus(Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) AttackingBemisia argentifolii(Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) on Cotton,Gossypium hirsutum,(Malavaceae) and Melon,Cucumis melo(Cucurbitaceae) (with Thomas S. Bellows, Jr. and Thomas M. Perring), Biological Control (1996)

Behaviors of Eretmocerus sp. nr. californicus females attacking Bemisia argentifolii Bellows & Perring infesting cotton,...

 

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Comparative Biologies of the Cryptic, Sympatric Species, Trupanea bisetosa and T. nigricornis (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Southern California (with Khouzama M. Knio and Richard D. Goeden), Annals of the Entomological Society of America (1996)

The biologies of the sympatric, cryptic species, Trupanea nigricornis (Coquillett), a flower head-infesting fruit fly...

 

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Description of the Male Ceranisus Americensis (Girault) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) (with Serguei V. Triapitsyn), Pan-Pacific Entomologist (1996)
 

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Descriptions of Immature Stages of Trupanea nigricornis and T. bisetosa (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Southern California (with Khouzama M. Knio and Richard D. Goeden), Annals of the Entomological Society of America (1996)

The immature stages of the sympatric, cryptic species Trupanea nigricornis (Coquillett), a flower head-infesting fruit...

 

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A Review of the Nearctic Species of the Thrips-Attacking Genus Ceranisus Walker (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) (with S. V. Triapitsyn), Transactions of the American Entomological Society (1995)

The thrips-attacking Eulophidae (subfamily Entedoninae) known from the Nearctic region are reviewed. One new species,...

 

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Behaviors of Female Eretmocerus sp. nr. californicus (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) Attacking Bemisia argentifolii (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) on Sweet Potato (with Thomas S. Bellows, Jr. and Thomas M. Perring), Environmental Entomology (1995)

Behaviors of Eretmocerus sp. nr. californicus Howard females on Bemisia argentifolii Bellows & Perring infesting...

 

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Life History and Description of Immature Stages of Euaresta stigmatica (Diptera: Tephritidae) on Ambrosia spp. (Asteraceae) in Southern California (with Richard D. Goeden and Jeffrey A. Teerink), Annals of the Entomological Society of America (1995)

Euaresta stigmatica Coquillett is bivoltine and nearly monophagous on four native ragweeds, Ambrosia spp. (Asteraceae),...

 

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Life History and Description of Immature Stages of Aciurina thoracica (Diptera: Tephritidae) on Baccharis sarothroides in Southern California (with Richard D. Goeden), Annals of the Entomological Society of America (1993)

Aciurina thoracica Curran forms galls on branches of at least three species of Baccharis in...

 

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Life History and Description of Immature Stages of Procecidochares Stonei Blanc & Foote on Viguiera Spp. in Southern California (Diptera: Tephritidae) (with John F. Green and Richard D. Goeden), Pan-Pacific Entomologist (1993)

Procecidochares stonei Blanc & Foote is a facultatively multivoltine, stenophagous, gall-forming fruit fly on Viguiera...

 

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Life History and Descriptions of Immature Stages of Tephritis Baccharis (Coquillett) on Baccharis Salicifolia (Ruiz & Pavon) Persoon in Southern California (Diptera: Tephritidae) (with Richard D. Goeden), Pan-Pacific Entomologist (1991)

Tephritis baccharis (Coquillett) is bivoltine and monophagous on Baccharis salicifolia(Ruiz & Pavon) Persoon in southern...

 

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Life History of Paracantha gentilis (Diptera: Tephritidae) (with Richard D. Goeden), Annals of the Entomological Society of America (1990)

The life history of Paracantha gentilis Hering in southern California is described. This stenophagous tephritid...

 

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Description of the Immature Stages of Paracantha Gentilis (Diptera: Tephritidae) (with Richard D. Goeden), Annals of the Entomological Society of America (1990)

Descriptions are provided of the egg, larvae, and puparium of Paracantha gentilis Hering, a native,...