Subfamily Microgastrinae Foerster, 1863

Cotesia invirae Salgado-Neto & Whitfield1 as a Parasitoid of Opsiphanes fabricii fabricii (Boisduval)2 Larvae at Oil Palm Plantations

“…Parasitoids that emerged from each pupa were put into vials with 70% alcohol and processed for preservation and mounting. Taxonomy of the parasitoids was determined using works of Sharkey (1997), Whitfield (1997), andSalgado-Neto et al (2019). Parasitism percentages per farm were determined based on the number of parasitized larvae among the total number of larvae collected during the study.…”

Contributions to the world fauna of Microgastrinae parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) – Introduction

“… Microgastrinae ( Hymenoptera : Braconidae ) is a hyper-diverse group of insects, with more than 3,100 described species and estimates of up to 50,000 species worldwide ( Rodriguez et al 2013 , Fernandez-Triana et al 2020 ). Because they are exclusively parasitoids of larval Lepidoptera , many species have been used in or considered for biological control projects of agricultural and forestry pests ( Whitfield 1997 ), and the group has been studied in the context of many areas of ecological, agricultural, and basic science ( Whitfield et al 2018 ).…”

Estudo das interações tróficas entre insetos endófagos de sementes de Ipomoea cairica (L.) Sweet. (Convolvulaceae) e seus parasitoides, em Barão Geraldo (Campinas-SP)

“…O parasitoide encontrado associado com as larvas dessa micromariposa no sistema faz parte da subfamília Microgastrinae, que contém mais de duas mil espécies descritas e que atacam a maioria das famílias de Lepidoptera (Whitfield, 1997). Por esse motivo, a subfamília tem grande importância e é muito utilizada em controle biológico.…”