A NEW RECORD OF PARASITISM OF METEORUS NR ARCTIICIDA VIERECK (HYMENOPTERA : BRACONIDAE) ON SPILOSOMA ( = DIACRISIA ) OBLIQUA WALKER

Pest larvae of different instars were collected from the field at weekly intervals and reared in the laboratory on the natural foods. From the pest larvae collected from mid-August to mid-November, the full-grown grubs of a parasitoid were isolated. Usually one parasitoid grub came out from the body...

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Published in:Current science (Bangalore) 1987-11, Vol.56 (21), p.1122-1123
Main Authors: KUMAR, NAWIN, YADAV, R. P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal and plant ecology
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Animals
Arctiidae
Autoecology
Biological and medical sciences
Braconidae
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Hymenoptera
Insect larvae
Lepidoptera
Parasitism
Parasitoids
Pests
Protozoa. Invertebrata
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
Spilosoma obliqua
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Summary:Pest larvae of different instars were collected from the field at weekly intervals and reared in the laboratory on the natural foods. From the pest larvae collected from mid-August to mid-November, the full-grown grubs of a parasitoid were isolated. Usually one parasitoid grub came out from the body of one parasitized pest larva and underwent pupation within 5-10 hr. Growth of parasitized larvae was reduced by 2 to 5 times. Adult parasitoids of brownish colour emerged within 4-6 days and were slender wasps having long antennae.
ISSN:0011-3891