@article{Gupta_Basappa_2017, title={First record of <em>Ooencyrtus pallidipes</em> (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) parasitizing eggs of <i>Erionota torus</i> Evans (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) in India}, volume={30}, url={https://informaticsjournals.com/index.php/jbc/article/view/15536}, DOI={10.18311/jbc/2016/15536}, abstractNote={The banana skipper &lt;em&gt;Erionota torus&lt;/em&gt; Evans has recently emerged as a serious pest of banana. In the present study for the first time egg parasitism of &lt;em&gt;E. torus&lt;/em&gt; by &lt;em&gt;Ooencyrtus pallidipes&lt;/em&gt; (Ashmead), a gregarious parasitoid, is reported from India. The natural percent parasitism observed was 80−82% in the banana field located at Komanal, Shivamogga district, Karnataka. Since this parasitoid has served as an effective biological control agent for &lt;em&gt;E. torus&lt;/em&gt; in Mauritius and Taiwan, possibilities are there that it can establish as a potential biological control agent in India as well.}, number={4}, journal={Journal of Biological Control}, author={Gupta, Ankita and Basappa, Sharana}, year={2017}, month={Jun.}, pages={217–219} }