A review of insect parasitoids associated withLobesia botrana(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) in Italy. 1. DipteraTachinidae and HymenopteraBraconidae (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae).
This paper is aimed to summarize the information available on the parasitoid complex of the European Grapevine Moth (EGVM),Lobesia botrana(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) (Lepidoptera Tortricidae) in Italy. The list is the result of the consultation of a vast bibliography published in Italy for almost two hundred years, from 1828 to date. This allowed the clarification and correction of misunderstandings and mistakes on the taxonomic position of each species listed. In Italy the complex of parasitoids detected on EGVM includes approximately 90 species belonging to ten families of Hymenoptera (Braconidae, Ichneumonidae, Chalcididae, Eulophidae, Eupelmidae, Eurytomidae, Pteromalidae, Torymidae, Trichogrammatidae, and Bethylidae) and one family of Diptera (Tachinidae). This paper deals with EGVM parasitoids of the families Tachinidae (Diptera) and Braconidae (Hymenoptera). Only two species of Tachinidae are associated to EGVM larvae in Italy,Actia pilipennis(Fallen) andPhytomyptera nigrina(Meigen), whereas the record ofEurysthaea scutellaris(Robineau-Desvoidy) is doubtful. Moreover, 21 species of Braconidae are reported to live on EGVM, but, unfortunately, eight of them were identified only at generic level.Bracon mellitorSay has been incorrectly listed among the parasitoids ofLobesia botrana. Records concerningAscogaster rufidensWesmael,Meteorussp.,Microgaster rufipesNees, andMicroplitis tuberculifer(Wesmael) are uncertain.
Dept of Agriculture, Food & Environment, University of Pisa - Via del Borghetto, 80 - 56124 Pisa, Italy.
Pier Luigi
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Scaramozzino
Dept of Agriculture, Food & Environment, University of Pisa - Via del Borghetto, 80 - 56124 Pisa, Italy.
Augusto
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Loni
Dept of Agriculture, Food & Environment, University of Pisa - Via del Borghetto, 80 - 56124 Pisa, Italy.
Andrea
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Lucchi
Biological control; European grapevine moth; braconid wasps; natural enemies; tachinid flies