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Ecological and morphological characteristics of parasitoids in Phauda flammans (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae)

Phauda flammans Walker (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae) is one of the notorious defoliators on Ficus spp. trees. In order to avoid environmental pollution, potential biological control agents for P. flammans need to be investigated instead of chemical control. Four species of insect parasitoids were identi...

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Autores principales: Zheng, Xia-Lin, Li, Jun, Su, Li, Liu, Jun-Yan, Meng, Ling-Yu, Lin, Min-Yi, Zhang, Jing, Lu, Wen
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Publicado: EDP Sciences 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4675643/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26651181
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2015036
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author Zheng, Xia-Lin
Li, Jun
Su, Li
Liu, Jun-Yan
Meng, Ling-Yu
Lin, Min-Yi
Zhang, Jing
Lu, Wen
author_facet Zheng, Xia-Lin
Li, Jun
Su, Li
Liu, Jun-Yan
Meng, Ling-Yu
Lin, Min-Yi
Zhang, Jing
Lu, Wen
author_sort Zheng, Xia-Lin
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description Phauda flammans Walker (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae) is one of the notorious defoliators on Ficus spp. trees. In order to avoid environmental pollution, potential biological control agents for P. flammans need to be investigated instead of chemical control. Four species of insect parasitoids were identified from P. flammans, including three hymenopteran species (i.e., Gotra octocinctus, Apanteles sp. and Eurytoma verticillata) and one dipteran species (i.e., Exorista yunnanica). Parasitoid ratios of G. octocinctus, Apanteles sp., Eu. verticillata and Ex. yunnanica were 7.2%, 4.2%, 1.6% and 0.9%. The four species were all larval endoparasitoids of P. flammans larvae. Time of cocoon (pupa) to adult, life span, major axis of cocoon and body length of females were all longer compared to males for G. octocinctus, Apanteles sp. and Ex. yunnanica. Based on the parasitoid ratios, the most abundant parasitoid species was G. octocinctus.
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spelling pubmed-46756432015-12-21 Ecological and morphological characteristics of parasitoids in Phauda flammans (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae) Zheng, Xia-Lin Li, Jun Su, Li Liu, Jun-Yan Meng, Ling-Yu Lin, Min-Yi Zhang, Jing Lu, Wen Parasite Research Article Phauda flammans Walker (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae) is one of the notorious defoliators on Ficus spp. trees. In order to avoid environmental pollution, potential biological control agents for P. flammans need to be investigated instead of chemical control. Four species of insect parasitoids were identified from P. flammans, including three hymenopteran species (i.e., Gotra octocinctus, Apanteles sp. and Eurytoma verticillata) and one dipteran species (i.e., Exorista yunnanica). Parasitoid ratios of G. octocinctus, Apanteles sp., Eu. verticillata and Ex. yunnanica were 7.2%, 4.2%, 1.6% and 0.9%. The four species were all larval endoparasitoids of P. flammans larvae. Time of cocoon (pupa) to adult, life span, major axis of cocoon and body length of females were all longer compared to males for G. octocinctus, Apanteles sp. and Ex. yunnanica. Based on the parasitoid ratios, the most abundant parasitoid species was G. octocinctus. EDP Sciences 2015 2015-12-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4675643/ /pubmed/26651181 http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2015036 Text en © X.-L. Zheng et al., published by EDP Sciences, 2015 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Article
Zheng, Xia-Lin
Li, Jun
Su, Li
Liu, Jun-Yan
Meng, Ling-Yu
Lin, Min-Yi
Zhang, Jing
Lu, Wen
Ecological and morphological characteristics of parasitoids in Phauda flammans (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae)
title Ecological and morphological characteristics of parasitoids in Phauda flammans (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae)
title_full Ecological and morphological characteristics of parasitoids in Phauda flammans (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae)
title_fullStr Ecological and morphological characteristics of parasitoids in Phauda flammans (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae)
title_full_unstemmed Ecological and morphological characteristics of parasitoids in Phauda flammans (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae)
title_short Ecological and morphological characteristics of parasitoids in Phauda flammans (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae)
title_sort ecological and morphological characteristics of parasitoids in phauda flammans (lepidoptera, zygaenidae)
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4675643/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26651181
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2015036
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