First record of Apanteles hemara (N.) on Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee and biodiversity of Hymenoptera parasitoids on Brinjal.

ABSTRACT: The brinjal fruit and shoot borer (BFSB), Leucinodes orbonalis Guenée (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), is a very detrimental pest that causes significant economic losses to brinjal crop worldwide. Infested brinjal fruits were collected from vegetable fields located at the ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR-IARI), New Delhi, India, during two consecutive seasons (2021-2022). The larvae of the pest were brought to the laboratory and reared under controlled conditions of 25 ± 0.5 °C and 70 ± 5% relative humidity, for the emergence of parasitoids. In addition, the survey of Hymenoptera parasitoids in brinjal was conducted utilizing a sweep net and yellow pan trap over the course of two seasons. The results reveal that five parasitoid species were emerged from L. orbonalis

SUBMITTER: Saleh HMM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10984170 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature