First Report of Larval Parasitism of Ethmia nigroapicella Saalmüller (lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Ethmiidae) by Therophilus festivus (Muesebeck) (Braconidae: Agathidinae) in India

Ankita Gupta; Umeshkumar Sanjeev

doi:10.18311/jbc/2016/14923

First Report of Larval Parasitism of Ethmia nigroapicella Saalmüller (lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Ethmiidae) by Therophilus festivus (Muesebeck) (Braconidae: Agathidinae) in India

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Authors

Ankita Gupta
ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Post Bag No. 2491, H. A. Farm Post, Bellary Road, Hebbal, Bangalore, Karnataka 560024 ,IN
Umeshkumar Sanjeev
ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Post Bag No. 2491, H. A. Farm Post, Bellary Road, Hebbal, Bangalore, Karnataka 560024 ,IN

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18311/jbc/2016/14923

Keywords:

Ethmia nigroapicella, larval parasitoid, Therophilus festivus

Abstract

Larval parasitism of Ethmia nigroapicella Saalmüller (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Ethmiidae) by Therophilus festivus (Muesebeck) is reported from Karnataka, India. This is the first illustrated record of solitary parasitism by T. festivus on its host E. nigroapicella.

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Published

2016-07-05

How to Cite

Gupta, A., & Sanjeev, U. (2016). First Report of Larval Parasitism of Ethmia nigroapicella Saalmüller (lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Ethmiidae) by Therophilus festivus (Muesebeck) (Braconidae: Agathidinae) in India. Journal of Biological Control, 30(2), 106–108. https://doi.org/10.18311/jbc/2016/14923