Palmistichus elaeisis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) parasitizing pupae of Citioica anthonilis (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) collected on Piptadenia gonoacantha (Fabaceae)

dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.creatorTavares, Wagner de Souza
dc.creatorHendrik Mielke, Olaf Hermann
dc.creatorWilcken, Carlos Frederico
dc.creatorSimon, Leroy
dc.creatorSerrao, Jose Eduardo
dc.creatorZanuncio, Jose Cola
dc.date2014-05-20T13:20:07Z
dc.date2016-10-25T16:41:41Z
dc.date2014-05-20T13:20:07Z
dc.date2016-10-25T16:41:41Z
dc.date2012-11-19
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-05T19:47:26Z
dc.date.available2017-04-05T19:47:26Z
dc.identifierJournal of The Lepidopterists Society. Los Angeles: Lepidopterists Soc, v. 66, n. 4, p. 216-220, 2012.
dc.identifier0024-0966
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/5506
dc.identifierhttp://acervodigital.unesp.br/handle/11449/5506
dc.identifierWOS:000311818500005
dc.identifierhttp://images.peabody.yale.edu/lepsoc/jls/2010s/2012/2012-66-4-216.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/854571
dc.descriptionThe moth Citioica anthonilis (Herrich-Schaeffer, [1854]) (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae: Ceratocampinae) occurs in areas of preserved forests, where it is a significant defoliator of Piptadenia gonoacantha (Martins) Macbride (Fabaceae) trees. In this study, caterpillars of fourth instar C. anthonilis were collected from the ground after falling from a P gonoacantha tree in a herbarium and were reared in the laboratory. Pupae of C. anthonilis, the velvetbean caterpillar Anticarsia gemmatalis Hubner, 1818 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), and the flour beetle Tenebrio molitor Linnaeus, 1758 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) were each parasitized by mated parasitoid females wasp Palmistichus elaeisis Delvare & LaSalle, 1993 (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). Data were collected relating to the levels of parasitism and emergence rates of P. elaeisis per host pupa, and the size of the host pupae. Our results show that the fecundity of P. elaeisis was highest in C. anthonilis hosts, probably because of the greater size of these pupae, which supported the development of an increased number of parasitoids. Therefore, C. anthonilis is a suitable host for rearing P elaeisis in the laboratory, which could be a means of rearing parasitoids for the biological control of this defoliator of P. gonoacantha and other pests in Brazil.
dc.descriptionConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
dc.descriptionCoordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherLepidopterists Soc
dc.relationJournal of the Lepidopterists' Society
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectbiological control
dc.subjectforest insects
dc.subjecthost
dc.subjectparasitism
dc.subjectpupal parasitoid
dc.titlePalmistichus elaeisis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) parasitizing pupae of Citioica anthonilis (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) collected on Piptadenia gonoacantha (Fabaceae)
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