Parasitoids of Insect Pests Feeding on Scaevola taccada (Goodeniaceae) from Yongxing Island in South China Sea.

ABSTRACT: Scaevola taccada (Goodeniaceae) is an important evergreen coastal plant on islands in the South China Sea, which shows excellent tolerance for salty and drought conditions. Nevertheless, the growth of S. taccada populations on these islands in the South China Sea has been threatened by a few serious insect pests. However, we know little about the biology of these pests. In this study, we surveyed and identified the parasitoids of two main pests (Herpetogramma submarginale (Swinhoe, 1901) and Ophiomyia scaevolana Shiao and Wu, 1996) of S. taccada communities on Yongxing Island in the South China Sea, with the aim to assess their potential in biological control. Dolichogenidea stantoni (Ashmead, 1904) is a gregarious endoparasitoid of the larva of

SUBMITTER: Chen H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11677017 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature