Open Access<i>Meteorus pulchricornis</i>(Wesmael) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), another addition to the native parasitoid complex of the fall armyworm, <i>Spodoptera frugiperda</i> (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in India
Author(s) -
Ankita Gupta,
A. N. Shylesha
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of biological control
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0971-930X
pISSN - 2230-7281
DOI - 10.18311/jbc/2021/28119
Subject(s) - braconidae , biology , parasitoid , spodoptera , lepidoptera genitalia , hymenoptera , fall armyworm , noctuidae , pest analysis , mythimna separata , botany , parasitoid wasp , genetics , gene , recombinant dna
During the surveys undertaken in July-September 2020, a braconid solitary koinobiont endoparasitoid, Meteorus pulchricornis (Wesmael) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Euphorinae) was found parasitizing the invasive pest, fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in maize. Meteorus pulchricornis is a new addition to the known and rapidly expanding parasitoid complex of FAW in India. The present study provides morphological identification details of M. pulchricornis along with comparison notes of other closely allied and confusing species.