HOST PREFERENCE OF THE ECTOPARASITOID, EPYRIS QUINQUECARINATUS KIEFFER (BETHYLIDAE: HYMENOPTERA) ON CERTAIN MAIZE LEPIDOPTEROUS LARVAE | ||||
| Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology | ||||
| Article 9, Volume 4, Issue 12, December 2013, Page 1103-1108 PDF (354.99 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jppp.2013.87685 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| A. A. Abd-Elgayed1; S. H. A. HUSSEIN2 | ||||
| 1Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Fayoum University | ||||
| 2Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The present study was carried out in Plant Protection Department laboratory, Fac. of Agric., Fayoum Univ. and conducted under the optimum laboratory conditions of 27 ± 1°C and 57.7 ± 5 % R.H.The parasitoid, Epyris quinquecarinatus Kieffer was reared on larvae of each of Pyroderces simplex Wlsm., Cryptoplabes gnidiella Mill., Gymnoscelis pumilata Hb. and Sesamia cretica Led.. This bethylid parasitoid perefered larvae of P. simplex then G. pumilatta larvae, while the larvae of C. ginidella and S. cretica appeared as unsuitable hosts. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Insect pests of maize; Biological studies; Epyris quinquecarinatus; and host preference | ||||
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