Open AccessIMMATURE STAGES AND LIFE HISTORY OF CHRYSONOTOMYIA SP. C (HYMENOPTERA: EULOPHIDAE), A PARASITOID OF THE JARRAH LEAFMINER
Author(s) -
Mazanec Z.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1988.tb01175.x
Subject(s) - eulophidae , biology , parasitoid , voltinism , hymenoptera , larva , aestivation , host (biology) , botany , zoology , ecology
The immature stages and biology of the univoltine Chrysonotomyia sp. C, a primary, larval endoparasitoid of feeding larvae of the jarrah leafminer, Perthida glyphopa Common, are described. Slow development of hydropic eggs and prolonged feeding of the parasitoid larvae enable the host to complete feeding and commence aestivation in the soil. The parasitoids then mature, destroy the host and aestivate until emergence between April and June.