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Published in: BioControl 6/2007

01-12-2007 | Original Research Paper

Potential for lab rearing of Apanteles taragamae, the larval endoparasitoid of coconut pest Opisina arenosella, on the rice moth Corcyra cephalonica

Authors: Chandrika Mohan, B. Sathiamma

Published in: BioControl | Issue 6/2007

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Abstract

A lab rearing technique was standardised for Apanteles taragamae Viereck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), the early larval parasitoid of the coconut leaf-eating caterpillar, Opisina arenosella Walker on the alternate host Corcyra cephalonica Stainton (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). The parasitoid took 23.3 ± 3.2 days to complete the egg to adult period. Adult longevity for males and females was 15.3 ± 4.6 and 13.8 ± 4.6 days respectively. Fecundity was 14.8 ± 4.3 eggs per female. The percentage parasitism was 60.6 ± 5.7 on the alternative host C. cephalonica and 64.6 ± 5.5 on the natural host O. arenosella. Eight- to ten-day-old caterpillars were the ideal stage of C. cephalonica for rearing A. taragamae. The results indicated the amenability of rearing A. taragamae on C. cephalonica in the laboratory.
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Metadata
Title
Potential for lab rearing of Apanteles taragamae, the larval endoparasitoid of coconut pest Opisina arenosella, on the rice moth Corcyra cephalonica
Authors
Chandrika Mohan
B. Sathiamma
Publication date
01-12-2007
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Published in
BioControl / Issue 6/2007
Print ISSN: 1386-6141
Electronic ISSN: 1573-8248
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-006-9067-8

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