Australian Journal of Entomology (2006) 45, 215-218

Jocelyn A. Berry and Sarah Mansfield (2006)
Hyperparasitoids of the gum leaf skeletoniser, Uraba lugens Walker (Lepidoptera: Nolidae), with implications for the selection of a biological control agent for Uraba lugens in New Zealand
Australian Journal of Entomology 45 (3), 215-218
Abstract: The hyperparasitoids reared from three species of primary parasitoids of the gum leaf skeletoniser, Uraba lugens Walker (Lepidoptera: Nolidae) collected in South Australia and Tasmania are recorded and discussed. Seven hyperparasitoids were reared. Diatora sp. and ?Paraphylax sp. (Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae); Tetrastichus sp. (Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae); Megadicylus dubius (Girault) (Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae) and Elasmus sp. (Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae) were reared from Cotesia urabae Austin and Allen (Braconidae: Microgastrinae). Megadicylus dubius, Elasmus sp. and Anastatus sp. (Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae) were reared from Dolichogenidea eucalypti Austin and Allen (Braconidae: Microgastrinae). Pediobius bruchicida (Rondani) (Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae) was reared from Euplectrus sp. (Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae). This appears to be the first record of the cryptine ichneumonid genus Diatora Förster from Australia. Of the seven hyperparasitoid species reared, only one (P. bruchicida) is known to be present in New Zealand. Implications for the selection of a biological control agent for U. lugens in New Zealand are discussed. Some prior misidentifications of associated hyperparasitoids are noted.
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Database assignments for author(s): Jocelyn A. Berry, Sarah Mansfield

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

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Uraba lugens	Eucalypt (Eucalyptus)	New Zealand
Dolichogenidea eucalypti (parasitoid)	Uraba lugens		New Zealand