Open AccessAN EFFICIENT METHOD OF MASS REARING TWO INTRODUCED PARASITOIDS OF NOCTUIDS (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE)
Author(s) -
Harrington S. A.,
Hutchinson P.,
Dutch M. E.,
Lawrence P. J.,
Michael P. J.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1993.tb00548.x
Subject(s) - noctuidae , lepidoptera genitalia , biology , braconidae , ichneumonidae , caterpillar , hymenoptera , parasitoid , spodoptera litura , botany
A method is described for rearing two introduced parasitoids; Cotesia kazak (Telenga) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) on Helicoverpa spp. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and Hyposoter didymator Thunberg (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) on cluster caterpillar, Spodoptera litura (F.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). It facilitates the production of large numbers of parasitoids for field release.