View source for Entomologia Generalis (2019) 39, 285-294

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|Publication authors=Wagner Calixto de Castro Morais, Angelica Plata-Rueda, [[Luis Carlos Martínez]], Antonio José Vinha Zanuncio, Flávio Lemes Fernandes, [[Carlos Frederico Wilcken]], [[José Cola Zanuncio]] and [[José Eduardo Serrao|José Eduardo Serrão]]
|Author Page=Luis Carlos Martínez, Carlos Frederico Wilcken, José Cola Zanuncio, José Eduardo Serrao
|Publication date=2019
|dc:title=Potential of ''Diaphania hyalinata'' and ''Tenebrio molitor'' as alternative host for mass rearing of ''[[Palmistichus elaeisis (parasitoid)|Palmistichus elaeisis]]'' (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)
|Publication journal=Entomologia Generalis
|prism:volume=39 (3-4)
|prism:startingPage=285
|Last page=294
|DOI=10.1127/entomologia/2019/0720
|Publication abstract=''Palmistichus elaeisis'' Delvare and LaSalle (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) is a polyphagous endoparasitoid wasp, a natural enemy of agricultural and forest pests. Alternative hosts can reduce the mass rearing costs of such natural enemies. The objective of this study was to test the suitability of ''Diaphania hyalinata'' Linnaeus (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) and ''Tenebrio molitor'' Linnaeus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) as alternative hosts for mass rearing of ''P. elaeisis'' under laboratory conditions. ''Diaphania hyalinata'' and ''T. molitor'' pupae were exposed to females of ''P. elaeisis. Palmistichus elaeisis'' parasitized 99% of the pupae of both hosts with 60% of adult emergence. The parasitoid's development period was shorter with ''D. hyalinata''. Offspring size, sex ratio, and longevity were similar in both hosts. Specimens of ''P. elaeisis'' emerged from ''T. molitor'' were larger than those emerged from ''D. hyalinata''. The reproductive apparatus of ''P. elaeisis'' female was fully formed and functional by the early hours of adulthood, with a pair of ovaries, a pair of accessory glands, lateral oviducts, and spermatheca. The ovarioles were of the meroistic polytrophic type. Egg maturation in adults which emerged from ''T. molitor'' was faster than in those from ''D. hyalinata'', probably due to the quality and quantity of the hosts as nutritional sources for the parasitoid. The reproductive success, high parasitism rate, complete development and greater proportion of ''P. elaeisis'' females in their offspring confirm the quality of both ''T. molitor'' and ''D. hyalinata'' as hosts for mass rearing of this natural pest enemy.
|AbstractCC=Yes
|Research topic=biocontrol - natural enemies
|Benf research=rearing/culturing/mass production
|Is book=No
}}
{{Pest record
|Pest=Diaphania hyalinata
|Quarantined=No
}}
{{Beneficial record
|Beneficial=Palmistichus elaeisis (parasitoid)
|Pest=Diaphania hyalinata
}}