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COTTON INSECTS (Pink Bollworm)

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167. Legner, E. F. & S. N. Thompson. 1977. Effects of the parental host on host selection, reproductive potential, survival and fecundity of the egg-larval parasitoid Chelonus sp. near curvimaculatus, reared on Pectinophora gossypiella and Phthorimaea operculella. Entomophaga 22 (1): 75-84.

188. Legner, E. F. 1979. Emergence patterns and dispersal in Chelonus spp. near curvimaculatus and Pristomerus hawaiiensis, parasitic on Pectinophora gossypiella. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 72(5): 681-686.

190. Legner, E. F. & R. A. Medved. 1979. Influence of parasitic Hymenoptera on the regulation of pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella, on cotton in the lower Colorado Desert. Environ. Entomol. 8(5): 922-930.

197. Legner, E. F. & R. A. Medved. 1981. Pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), suppression with Gossyplure, a pyrethroid, and parasite releases. Canad. Entomol. 113: 355-357.

204. Chiri, A. A. & E. F. Legner. 1982. Host-searching kairomones alter behavior of Chelonus sp. nr. curvimaculatus, a hymenopterous parasite of the pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders). Environ. Entomol. 11(2): 452-455.

208. Chiri, A. A. & E. F. Legner. 1983. Field applications of host-searching kairomones to enhance parasitization of the pink bollworm (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 76(2): 254-255.

225. Chiri, A. A. & E. F. Legner. 1986. Response of three Chelonus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) species to kairomones in scales of six Lepidoptera. Canad. Entomol. 118(4): 329-333.