View source for Entomologia Generalis (2012) 33, 281-282

{{Publication
|Publication authors=de Souza Tavares Wagner, C. Hansson, J.E. Serrao and J.C. Zanuncio
|Author Page=José Cola Zanuncio, José Eduardo Serrao
|Publication date=2012
|dc:title=First report of ''[[Trichospilus pupivorus (parasitoid)|Trichospilus pupivorus]]'' (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) parasitizing pupae of ''[[Anticarsia gemmatalis]] ''(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
|Publication journal=Entomologia Generalis
|prism:volume=33 (4)
|prism:startingPage=281
|Last page=282
|DOI=10.1127/entom.gen/33/2012/281
|Publication abstract=''Trichospilus pupivorus'' Ferrière 1930 (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) occurs in tropical and subtropical areas and was studied as potential biological control agent against pests of sugarcane, corn and cotton in several countries of Africa, Asia and the Americas [Boucek 1976], such as Barbados, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mauritania, Mauritius, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, and Sri Lanka [Ubaidillah 2006]. Lepidoptera pests of the Hyblaeidae, Limacodidae, Noctuidae, Nymphalidae, Oecophoridae, Pyralidae, Tortricidae and Zygaenidae families are primary hosts of this gregarious parasitoid [Kumar et al 1995]. Flies of the family Tachinidae are its parasitoids hosts [Boucek 1976] and Trichocomaceae and wasps of the family Eulophidae are its parasitoids associated [Lakshmanan et al 1979]. It occurs on plants of the Arecaceae, Fabaceae and Sterculiaceae families [George et al 1977]. The aim of this study was to report biological aspects of ''T. pupivorus'' parasitizing pupae of ''Anticarsia gemmatalis'' Hübner 1818 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in laboratory. Individuals of a wild strain of ''T. pupivorus'' were obtained after emergence in pupae of ''Thagona tibialis'' Walker 1855 (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). These pupae were collected in a tree of ''Terminalia catappa'' L (Combretaceae) cultivated at the Universidade Federal de Viçosa (Ufv) in Viçosa, Minas Gerais State,Brazil (20º45'S, 42º51'W, 651 m). These insects were kept in temperature-controlled room (25±1 ºC, 12 h photoperiod and 70±10% relative humidity of air) of the Laboratório de Criação de Insetos (LCBI) from UFV in pupae of ''Anticarsia gemmatalis'' Hübner 1818 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and honey as food. This host was reared according to a modified methodology of Ferreira et al 2009.
|AbstractCC=Yes
|Research topic=biocontrol - natural enemies
|Benf research=general biology - morphology - evolution
|Is book=No
}}
{{Pest record
|Pest=Anticarsia gemmatalis
|Country=Brazil (south)
|Quarantined=No
}}
{{Pest record
|Pest=Thagona tibialis
|Country=Brazil (south)
|Quarantined=No
}}
{{Beneficial record
|Beneficial=Trichospilus pupivorus (parasitoid)
|Pest=Anticarsia gemmatalis
}}
{{Beneficial record
|Beneficial=Trichospilus pupivorus (parasitoid)
|Pest=Thagona tibialis
|Country=Brazil (south)
}}