Report of A Larval Parasitoid of Tuta Absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from Iran

Autor: Sohrabi Fariba, Lotfalizadeh Hossein, Salehipour Hoda
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Journal of Plant Protection Research, Vol 54, Iss 3, Pp 306-307 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1899-007X
DOI: 10.2478/jppr-2014-0046
Popis: The tomato leafminer Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) is one of the most devastating pests of greenhouse and outdoor tomato crops. Since it is a newly introduced pest in Iran, there is an important need to search for its natural enemies. In the course of a survey on the natural enemies of this pest, samplings were carried out in tomato greenhouses heavily infested with the tomato leafminer, in the Borazjan region of the Bushehr province in Iran. Leaves with mines were reared in the laboratory until emergence of parasitoids. A single parasitoid species of the family Eulophidae was reared and identified as Neochrysocharis formosus (Westwood 1833). This species is reported for the first time on the tomato leafminer in Iran. Such information may help in developing biological control programs to control this serious pest.
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