Journal of Applied Entomology (2022) 146, 461-464

Carmen Denis, Jordi Riudavets, Oscar Alomar, Nuria Agustí, Helena Gonzalez-Valero, Martina Cubí, Montserrat Matas, David Rodríguez, Kees van Achterberg and Judit Arnó (2022)
Naturalized Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris complement the resident parasitoid complex of Tuta absoluta in North-eastern Spain
Journal of Applied Entomology 146 (4), 461-464
Abstract: Our work reports on the establishment of the neotropical parasitoid Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris Marsh (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) for the first time in Europe. This larval parasitoid has been recorded in samples collected in commercial tomato crops in Catalonia (North-eastern Spain) from 2016 to the present. Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris is considered to be a new biocontrol agent among the resident parasitoid complex of Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae).
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Database assignments for author(s): Jordi Riudavets, Oscar Alomar, Nuria Agusti, Kees van Achterberg, Judit Arnó

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
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.
	Phthorimaea absoluta		Spain (continental)
Apanteles gelechiidivoris (parasitoid)	Phthorimaea absoluta		Spain (continental)