Dacnusa nipponica (parasitoid)

Dacnusa • Braconidae • Hymenoptera parasitoids • Beneficials/natural enemies

Dacnusa nipponica (click on image to enlarge it)
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Dacnusa nipponica (parasitoid) Takada 1977

This wasp is indigenous to Japan where it parasitises mainly Phytomyza horticola.

Publications covering Dacnusa nipponica (parasitoid)

Applied Entomology and Zoology (2008) 43, 617-624
Tsutomu Saito, Makoto Doi, Haruki Katayama, Shuji Kaneko, Yohsuke Tagami and Keitaro Sugiyama (2008)
Seasonal abundance of hymenopteran parasitoids of the leafminer Chromatomyia horticola (Diptera: Agromyzidae) and the impact of insecticide applications on parasitoids in garden pea field

Applied Entomology and Zoology (2008) 43, 577-583
Ikuo Kandori, Masaki Yamada, Tomoo Hondo and Tuyosi Sugimoto (2008)
Differences in growth and development of the parasitoids Dacnusa nipponica and D. sibirica (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) on the leaf-mining fly Liriomyza trifolii (Diptera: Agromyzidae) compared to various-sized leaf-mining Chromatomyia horticola hosts (Diptera: Agromyzidae)