Parasitoids of several lepidopterous pests in maize plantations in the Southeast Anatolian Region of Turkey

Authors : Celalettin GÖZÜAÇIK, Cafer MART, Kenan KARA

Pages : 475-477

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The parasitoid complex of several lepidopteran pests were studied in maize plantations in the Southeast Anatolian Region of Turkey during 2003-2004. Apenteles sp., Bracon hebetor insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Say.);, Chelonus oculator Panzer, Meteorus rubens Nees insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Hym.: Braconidae);, Conomorium patulum Walk. insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Hym.: Pteromalidae);, Diadegma crassicornis insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Gray.); subsp. africator Aubert insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Hym.: Ichneumonidae);, Euplectrus sp. insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Hym.: Eulophidae);, Exorista larvarum insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Linnaeus);, E. xanthaspis insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Wiedemann); Gonia bimaculata Wiedemann, Drino imberbis insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Wiedemann);, Pseudogonia rufifrons insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Wiedemann);, and Linnaemya neavei Curran insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Dip.: Tachinidae); were reared from field-collected larvae. Mythimna loreyi insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Duponchel); insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Lep.: Noctuidae); was for the first time found to serve as a host for Diadegma crassicornis insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Gray.); subsp. africator insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Hym.: Ichneumonidae);.
Keywords : Key words Lepidoptera, pest, parasitoid, maize, Southeast Anatolia, Turkey