Mass production of the endoparasitoid Trichospilus diatraeae Cherian & Margabandhu (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) should be studied to allow its use in the biological control of Lepidoptera pests. The objective of this study was to evaluate the reproduction of T. diatraeae with Anticarsia gemmatalis Hübner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) pupae with different host densities and parasitism periods in the laboratory. The experiment had 12 24/48-hour old A. gemmatalis pupae per replication individualized and exposed

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