Ephestia kuehniella eggs as a surrogate host to test feeding preference and intraguild interactions between and Macrolophus pygmaeus and Trichogramma achaeae
António Onofre Soares,
Ana C. Durão,
Maria Luísa Oliveira
et al.
Abstract:Mass rearing of Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) eggs is a laborious task requiring investment of time, equipment and man hour work. The use of a surrogate prey/host, as Ephestia kuehniella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), easily obtained and maintain, could be an option to undertake experiments. The aim of this study was to test to what extent the eggs of E. kuehniella is a suitable surrogate host of T. absoluta eggs to test for feeding preference and intraguild interactions between Macrolop… Show more
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