Identification of some parasitoids in West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh Kumar K Phani* District Agricultural Advisory and Transfer of Technology Centre, Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University, Eluru-534005, Andhra Pradesh, India *Email forcorrespondence: phanivijibook@gmail.com
Online published on 25 July, 2018. Abstract Different stages of insects were collected from farmers’ fields during field visits and reared in the laboratory to know the natural parasitisation. Natural enemies viz Apanteles taragamae Viereck as a gregarious larval parasitoid of pumpkin leaf caterpillar, Diaphania indica (Saunders), Metopius browni Ashmead from pupa of Spodoptera litura (Fabricius), Apanteles stantoni Ashmead as a larval parasitoid of Tabarnaemontana crassa leaf webber, Parotis vertumnalis Guenee, Apanteles phycodis Viereck as larval parasitoid of ficus leaf webber, Phycodes radiata (Ochsenheimer), Telenomus sp as an egg nymphal parasitoid of bug, Coptosoma cribraria (Fabricius), Goniozus sp from sapota fruit borer, Anarsia achrasella (Latreille), Apanteles sp from amaranthus caterpillar, Hymenia recurvalis (Fabricius), Brachymeria sp a larval parasitoid of cabbage leaf webber, Crocidolomia binotalis (Zeller), Cotesia sp as a larval parasitoid of leaf webber, Syngamia abruptalis Walker were recorded. Top Keywords Natural enemies, pest, parasitoid, insect. Top |