Publications for:

pest = Cactoblastis cactorum
crop = Prickly pear (Opuntia)
country = Argentina

found 8 publications:

2020

Ecological niche modeling to calculate ideal sites to introduce a natural enemy: The case of Apanteles opuntiarum (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) to control Cactoblastis cactorum (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in North America
Insects (2020) 11 (7 - 454)
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2019

Molecular detection method developed to track the koinobiont larval parasitoid Apanteles opuntiarum (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) imported from Argentina to control Cactoblastis cactorum (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
Florida Entomologist (2019) 102 (2), 329-335
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2018

A study of Cactoblastis cactorum (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in its native range: Further insights into life cycle, larval identification, developmental parameters, natural enemies, and damage to the host plant Opuntia ficus-indica (Caryophyllales: Cactaceae)
Florida Entomologist (2018) 101 (4), 559-572
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2014

Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) use of Opuntia host species in Argentina
Biological Invasions (2014) 16 (11), 2367-2380
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2012

Extended geographical distribution and host range of the cactus moth, Cactoblastis cactorum (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), in Argentina
Florida Entomologist (2012) 95 (1), 233-237
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Laboratory performance of Cactoblastis cactorum (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) on South and North American Opuntia species occurring in Argentina
Florida Entomologist (2012) 95 (4), 1163-1173
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DNA barcoding and morphological identification of Argentine species of Apanteles (Hymenoptera : Braconidae), parasitoids of cactus-feeding moths (Lepidoptera : Pyralidae : Phycitinae), with description of a new species
Invertebrate Systematics (2012) 26 (6), 435-444
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2001

Nosema (Microsporida: Nosematidae) species as potential biological control agents of Cactoblastis cactorum (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae): Surveys for the microsporidia In Argentina and South Africa
Florida Entomologist (2001) 84 (4), 527-530
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