Journal of Applied Entomology (2006) 130, 96-102

L. Wang, D.H.B. Bisseleua, M. You, J. Huang and B. Liu (2006)
Population dynamics and functional response of Citrostichus phyllocnistoides (Narayanan) (Hym., Eulophidae) on citrus leaf-miner, Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton (Lep., Phyllocnistidae) in Fuzhou region of south-east China
Journal of Applied Entomology 130 (2), 96-102
Abstract: Population dynamics of the citrus leaf-miner (CLM) Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton, and its major parasitoid Citrostichus phyllocnistoides (Narayanan) were investigated from June to September 1994 at the teaching and research farm of the Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University (FAFU), south-east China. Based on the field investigation, the functional and numerical responses of C. phyllocnistoides were studied in laboratory experiments. During the survey period, four peaks of CLM and C. phyllocnistoides populations were observed in the growing stage of summer shoots and two peaks of CLM and C. phyllocnistoides populations, respectively, in the growing stage of fall shoots. C. phyllocnistoides is the most abundant parasitoid both in seasonal and spatial dynamics, and demonstrates a Holling type III functional response to CLM. Parasitism varied with the densities of both parasitoid and host. A 1 : 10 ratio was recorded to be an optimal proportion of C. phyllocnistoides to CLM.
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Database assignments for author(s): Liande Wang, Minsheng You

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
general biology - morphology - evolution
population dynamics/epizootiology

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Phyllocnistis citrella		China (south)
Citrostichus phyllocnistoides (parasitoid)	Phyllocnistis citrella		China (south)