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1 December 2017 Severe Outbreak of Rice Green Semilooper, Naranga aenescens (Moore) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) along with Its Parasitoid Complex in Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, India
Suprakash Pal, Ankita Gupta
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Abstract

Severe outbreak of rice green semilooper Naranga aenescens Moore (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Eustrotiinae) in West Bengal, India is documented along with the first record of its primary parasitoid Cotesia ruficrus (Haliday) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae). Simultaneously two hyperparasitoids viz., Trichomalopsis apanteloctena (Crawford) (Pteromalidae) and Mesochorus sp. (Ichneumonidae) were also recorded. The population of rice green semilooper varied from 3.20 to 5.45 larvae per hill with the peak in the first fortnight of August, 2015. Percent parasitism of the larvae was as high as 94.00% recorded in the first fortnight of August with 77.50% as the mean.

Suprakash Pal and Ankita Gupta "Severe Outbreak of Rice Green Semilooper, Naranga aenescens (Moore) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) along with Its Parasitoid Complex in Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, India," Entomological News 127(3), 286-291, (1 December 2017). https://doi.org/10.3157/021.127.0301
Received: 28 May 2017; Accepted: 1 August 2017; Published: 1 December 2017
KEYWORDS
Cotesia ruficrus (Haliday)
hyperparasitoids
Naranga aenescens (Moore)
parasitoid
rice
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