Biocontrol Science and Technology (2003) 13, 361-366

A.H.R. Gonring, M.C. Picanço, R.N.C. Guedes and E.M. Silva (2003)
Natural biological control and key mortality factors of Diaphania hyalinata (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in cucumber
Biocontrol Science and Technology 13 (3), 361-366
Abstract: Key mortality factors due to natural biological control of the melonworm, Diaphania hyalinata, were investigated. Mortality factors were quantified in cucumber plots and used to develop a life table. The highest mortality of the melonworm took place during the egg stage (90.08% mortality) when the most important mortality factor was the predator Paratrechina sp. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). However, the critical mortality stage of this insect pest was the fifth larval instar and its key mortality factor was parasitism by tachinid flies (aff. Amazohoughia, Eucelatoria sp. and aff. Lixophaga).
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Database assignments for author(s): Raul Narciso C. Guedes, Marcelo Coutinho Picanco

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
population dynamics/ epidemiology
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
surveys/distribution/isolation

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Diaphania hyalinata	Cucumber (Cucumis sativus)