BioControl (2007) 52, 747-752

Chandrika Mohan and B. Sathiamma (2007)
Potential for lab rearing of Apanteles taragamae , the larval endoparasitoid of coconut pest Opisina arenosella , on the rice moth Corcyra cephalonica
BioControl 52 (6), 747-752
Abstract: A lab rearing technique was standardised for Apanteles taragamae Viereck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), the early larval parasitoid of the coconut leaf-eating caterpillar, Opisina arenosella Walker on the alternate host Corcyra cephalonica Stainton (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). The parasitoid took 23.3 ± 3.2 days to complete the egg to adult period. Adult longevity for males and females was 15.3 ± 4.6 and 13.8 ± 4.6 days respectively. Fecundity was 14.8 ± 4.3 eggs per female. The percentage parasitism was 60.6 ± 5.7 on the alternative host C. cephalonica and 64.6 ± 5.5 on the natural host O. arenosella. Eight- to ten-day-old caterpillars were the ideal stage of C. cephalonica for rearing A. taragamae. The results indicated the amenability of rearing A. taragamae on C. cephalonica in the laboratory.
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Database assignments for author(s): Chandrika Mohan

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
rearing/culturing/mass production

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Opisina arenosella	Coconut (Cocos nucifera)	India
Apanteles taragamae (parasitoid)	Opisina arenosella	Coconut (Cocos nucifera)	India