Original Research Article I Volume 4 I Issue 2 I 2016

Parasitism preference of a Braconid wasp Apanteles creatonoti Viereck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) Towards insect pests of agricultural and forest importance

S. S. Patil; Ambi Ashutosh A.; T.V. Sathe

Biolife; 2016, 4(2), pp 285-288

DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7317778

Abstract:

Apanteles creatonoti Viereck (Hymenoptera : Braconidae) is potential bicontrol agent of insect pests such as Spilosoma obliqua (Walker), Amsacta moorei Butler, Amsacta albistriga Walker and Thiocidas postica Wlk. Host specificity plays a very crucial role in enhancing biocontrol programs of a pest. Hence, host specificity and host preference of A. creatonoti have been studied.

Keywords:

Apanteles creatonoti, Host preference, biocontrol potential.

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105 (1979
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1114 (1972).
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parasitization behaviour in a larval parasitoid of
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242 (1990).
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117
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biopesticides
and their preliminary biocontrol
potential form Western Maharashtra including
Ghats.
Biolife
, 2(4), 1254
-
1261 (2014).
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Uzifly
Exorista bombycis
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man E.R. Biology of
Apanteles dignus
(Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a
primary parasite of the tomato pinworm.
Ann. ent.
Soc. Am
.,
5
, 996
-
1007 (1971).
[2].
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Microplitis croceipes
(Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
for instars and spec
ies for
Heliothis
(Lepidoptera:
Noctuidae).
Environ. Entomol
.,
15
, 1145
-
1150
(1984).
Received: 4 April 2016; Accepted: 21 May 2016; Published: 4 June 2016

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S. S. Patil, Ambi Ashutosh A., & T.V. Sathe. (2022). Parasitism preference of a Braconid wasp Apanteles creatonoti Viereck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) Towards insect pests of agricultural and forest importance. Biolife, 4(2), 285–288. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7317778

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