First report of a hymenopteran parasitoid complex on jackfruit shoot and fruit borerDiaphania caesalis(Lepidoptera: Crambidae) from India

Kallekkattil, Soumya; Krishnamoorthy, A.; Santhosh, S.; Venkatesha, M. G.

doi:10.1080/09583157.2019.1645301

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“…In the present study, it was noted that Xanthopimpla egressed during early morning hours by making a circular opening at the anterior top of S. inferens pupae and slowly pushing the cap upward with its head and coming out (Figure 3A). Similar adult emergence was earlier reported by Kallekkattil et al (2019) and Bredlau et al (2020). Xanthopimpla egressed host pupal case was dark and hard because of the presence of deposition of excreta of the parasitoid (may be combined with some host tissue) almost to ¼ of pupal height at the posterior part of the inner region.…”

Section: Emergence Behaviour Of X Flavolineata and X Stemmatorsupporting

confidence: 85%

Effect of temperature on the development of two pupal parasitoid species of Xanthopimpla Saussure (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) on Sesamia inferens Walker

KATHIRVELU,

MANICKAVASAGAM,

GOPIANAND

2023

JBC

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The biology of two pimplini parasitoids viz., Xanthopimpla flavolineata and X. stemmator were investigated in the laboratory by using the pupae of Sesamia inferens Walker. The host insect pupae were collected from the field and maintained in the laboratory for rearing the pimplini parasitoids. The results showed that the developmental period of X. flavolineata was 33.87 ± 0.18 and 18.54 ± 0.15 days, and X. stemmator was 36.08 ± 0.16 and 18.95 ± 0.19 days under 20°C and 28°C, respectively. The morphometric studies of two pimplini parasitoids showed that X. stemmator was larger than X. flavolineata in all the life stages. The longevity of X. flavolineata males and females was 21.09 ± 0.14 days for males and 34.53 ± 0.26 days for females when fed with 50 per cent honey at 20°C., while X. stemmator males and females survived for 26.94 ± 0.22 days and 38.90 ± 0.25 days. At 28°C, the lifespan of X. flavolineata male and female was 16.17 ± 0.09 and 26.55 ± 0.13 days, respectively, while in X. stemmator, it was 17.47 ± 0.16 and 27.08 ± 0.17 days in male and female, respectively, when fed with 50 per cent honey. Thus, females lived longer than males when fed with honey (50%) solution as a food source followed by sucrose (50%). From the results, it is concluded that the temperature and developmental period are inversely proportional and these details can be integrated into the development of a standardized mass-production technique for both parasitoids.

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Section: Emergence Behaviour Of X Flavolineata and X Stemmatorsupporting

confidence: 85%