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Endoparasitoids of larval Anomis privata (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), major pest of Hibiscus syriacus (Columniferae: Malvaceae)
Author(s) -
KIM Youngjin,
CHO Youngho,
HAN YongGu,
NAM SangHo
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
entomological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1748-5967
pISSN - 1738-2297
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5967.2011.00348.x
Subject(s) - braconidae , tachinidae , ichneumonidae , biology , parasitoid , botany , noctuidae , lepidoptera genitalia , parasitism , hymenoptera , zoology , ecology , host (biology)
Endoparasitoids of Anomis privata larvae include five species in three families of two orders. In this work, two species of Hymenoptera Braconidae ( Cotesia sp., Microplitis sp.), one species of Ichneumonidae ( Mesochorus vittator ) and two species of Diptera Tachinidae ( Exorista ( Podotachina ) sorbillans , Timavia amoena ) were investigated. Of the 261 larvae of A. privata examined, 32 had a parasite, so the rate of parasitism was 12.26%. Parasitism by taxon was the highest, at 10.35% (27 individuals), in Cotesia sp. in Hymenoptera Braconidae. Parasitoids of Braconidae and Ichneumonidae were larval parasitoids. A parasitic insect of Tachinidae was a larva–pupal parasitoid. Solitary parasitoids included Microplitis sp. in Braconidae and E. sorbillans in Tachinidae. Gregarious parasitoids included Cotesia sp. in Braconidae, M. vittator in Ichneumonidae and T. amoena in Tachinidae. There was also a multiparasitoid ( T. amoena ) and two superparasitoids ( Cotesia sp., M. vittator ). A larva of A. privata sought feed even after it was parasitized every parasitoid investigated in this study, so five species of parasitoids were all koinobiont.