First host record for Winthemia analis (Macquart) (Diptera: Tachinidae: Exoristinae) in Brazil: Brassolis sophorae laurentii Stichel (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Brassolinae).
Hymenopteran and dipteran endoparasitoids are reported acting as pupae endoparasitoids of Brassolis sophorae (L.). Concerning the scientific and economic importance of these interspecific relationship, and aiming to increase the knowledge related to natural and conservative biological control, the present study records Winthemia analis (Macquart) as larval-pupal parasitoid of Brassolis sophorae laurentii Stichel in the State of Alagoas, Brazil. This report presents some data on the bioecology of this parasitoid, on its distributional range in Brazil and a host species for the first time.
Marcicano
Maria-Dulce L
MD
Depto de Fitotecnia e Fitossanidade, CECA, UFAL, Rio Largo, AL 57100-000. dulceleao@gmail.com
Nihei
Silvio S
SS
Lima
Iracilda M M
IM
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D004175:Diptera / Q000502:physiology*; D007814:Larva / Q000469:parasitology; D007915:Lepidoptera / Q000469:parasitology*