Anais da Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil (1997) 26, 229-234

Ivan Cruz, Maria L.C. Figueiredo, Edirlene P. Gonçalves, Dilma A.N. Lima and Elcy E. Diniz (1997)
Efeito da Idade de Lagartas de Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) no Desempenho do Parasitóide Campoletis flavicincta (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) e Consumo Foliar por Lagartas Parasitadas e Não-Parasitadas
[Effect of age of Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith) larvae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on the performance of the parasitoid Campoletis flavicincta (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) and foliar consumption of parasitized and non-parasitized larvae]
Anais da Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil 26 (2), 229-234
Abstract: The potential of parasitism of Campoletis flavicincta (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) on Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith) larvae of different ages and foliar consumption of parasitized and non-parasitized larvae were evaluated. When 3-d old larvae were offered to the parasitoid the number of pararasitized larvae was 232/female, similar to what was obtained with 2-d old larvae (182 larvae/female); with 4-5-d old larvae, parasitism was 80.7 and 71.0/female, respectively. Healthy larvae consumed 209.3 cm² of leaf, while parasitized larvae consumed 14.5 cm² (6.9% of consumption by healthy larvae).
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Database assignments for author(s): Ivan Cruz

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Spodoptera frugiperda
Campoletis flavicincta (parasitoid)	Spodoptera frugiperda