Penetration and encapsulation of the larval parasitoid, Exorista larvarum (Diptera: Tachinidae) in the factitious host Galleria mellonella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

• Authors: VALIGUROVÁ Andrea; MICHALKOVÁ Veronika; DINDO Maria Luisa; GELNAR Milan; VAŇHARA Jaromír
• Year of publication: 2007
• Type: Conference abstract
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Description: The attachment of E. larvarum larvae to the host tissues and formation of the hemocyte capsule surrounding the tachinid larva were studied in the last larval instar of the wax moth, Galleria mellonella (L).

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