Open AccessNATURAL ENEMIES OF PERTHIDA GLYPHOPA COMMON (LEPIDOPTERA: INCURVARIIDAE)
Author(s) -
Mazanec Z.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1987.tb01972.x
Subject(s) - biology , lepidoptera genitalia , aestivation , hymenoptera , population density , larva , population , ecology , natural enemies , eulophidae , biological pest control , parasitoid , demography , sociology
Natural enemies of immature stages of the jarrah leafminer, Perthida glyphopa are listed. Ten species of Hymenoptera were recorded as parasitoids, achieving 54 and 14% mortality of feeding larvae at low and high leafminer population densities in warm and cool climates, respectively. Large feeding larvae were the most preyed upon (33%) by 9 species of birds at intermediate population densities of the leafminer. At high population density, 3 species of ants collected some 30% of the fallen mature larvae and a further 21% were eaten by earwigs, carabid beetles and ants during summer aestivation.