Florida Entomologist (2016) 99, 130-132

Francisco Andrés Rodríguez-Dimaté, Júlio César Melo Poderoso, Rafael Coelho Ribeiro, Bruno Pandelo Brügger, Carlos Frederico Wilcken, José Eduardo Serrão and José Cola Zanuncio (2016)
Palmistichus elaeisis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) parasitizing pupae of the passion fruit pest Agraulis vanillae vanillae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)
Florida Entomologist 99 (1), 130-132
Abstract: Agraulis vanillae vanillae L. (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) is a pest of Passiflora species (Malpighiales: Passifloraceae). The parasitism of A. vanillae vanillae pupae by Palmistichus elaeisis Delvare and LaSalle (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) was evaluated. Ten 72-h-old mated P. elaeisis females were confined for 48 h with each 24-h-old A. vanillae vanillae pupa. These exposed pupae were transferred to glass tubes until the emergence of the parasitoid adults. The percentages of parasitism and emergence, number that emerged, sex ratio, body size, width of the head capsule, and longevity of P. elaeisis females and males were similar to those of P. elaeisis reared with various other hosts. These results this indicated that it is practical to rear this parasitoid with A. vanillae vanillae pupae to provide the parasitoid for use in biological control programs.
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Database assignments for author(s): José Cola Zanuncio, José Eduardo Serrao, Carlos Frederico Wilcken

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.
	Agraulis vanillae	Passionfruit (Passiflora)	Brazil (south)
Palmistichus elaeisis (parasitoid)	Agraulis vanillae	Passionfruit (Passiflora)	Brazil (south)