Environmental Entomology (1991) 20, 1053-1057

H. Nadel and J.E. Peña (1991)
Seasonal oviposition and emergence activity of Bephratelloides cubensis (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae), a pest of Annona species in Florida
Environmental Entomology 20 (4), 1053-1057
Abstract: Bephratelloides cubensis (Ashmead), a seed-feeding wasp, is the primary pest of annonas in Florida. The weekly infestation rates of commercially grown sugar apples (Annona squamosa L.) and atemoyas (A. squamosa x A. cherimola Miller) by B. cubensis in southern Florida were monitored. Infestation generally increased throughout the summer in atemoyas but remained very low in sugar apples. The observed patterns are attributable to the relative fruiting phenologies of the commercial species and of the overwintering host, the bullock's heart (A. reticulata L.). We found no evidence that diapause of B. cubensis in atemoya and sugar apple fruits is of economic importance as an overwintering mechanism in Florida.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
population dynamics/ epidemiology

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Bephratelloides cubensis	Soursop and relatives (Annona)	U.S.A. (SE)