[First report of parasitism of the Trichogramma bruni Nagaraja (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) in eggs of urbanus proteus (L.) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) in snap beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) ( L.)].
Aiming to verify the presence of eggs parasitoids of the genus Trichogramma, for using in the biological control of insects pests, were collected eggs from long tailed skipper butterfly, a lepidopteran defoliator of snap beans, which presented eggs with parasitism characteristics (dark eggs). The eggs were taken to the laboratory were 44.9% of parasitism was verified. Viability was 96.3%, with an average of 6.6 individuals per egg and a sexual ratio of 0.93. Male specimens were identified as Trichogramma bruni Nagaraja. It is the first report of parasitism in this host and culture.
Pratissoli
Dirceu
D
Lab. Entomologia, Depto. Produção Vegetal, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, UFES, Alegre, ES.
Polanczyk
Ricardo A
RA
Dalvi
Leandro P
LP
Da Silva
Alexandre F
AF
De Melo
Débora F
DF
Celestino
Flávio N
FN
D000818:Animals; D006927:Hymenoptera; D007915:Lepidoptera / Q000469:parasitology*; D010063:Ovum / Q000469:parasitology; D027805:Phaseolus / Q000469:parasitology*