First Report of Cotesia dictyoplocae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a Larval Parasitoid of Antheraea assamensis (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae), from India

Ankita Gupta; Arpan Kumar Das; Kartik Neog; Abraham Verghese

doi:10.1653/024.099.0330

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1 September 2016 First Report of Cotesia dictyoplocae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a Larval Parasitoid of Antheraea assamensis (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae), from India

Ankita Gupta, Arpan Kumar Das, Kartik Neog, Abraham Verghese

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Florida Entomologist, 99(3):541-543 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1653/024.099.0330

Abstract

A gregarious larval parasitoid, Cotesia dictyoplocae (Watanabe) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae), is reported for the first time from the host Antheraea assamensis Helfer (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) from Assam, India. This wasp is a gregarious larval parasitoid and produces on an average 30 cocoons per host larva. Parasitized larvae are easily identified by the aggregation of exposed yellowish white cocoons on the body. Larval parasitism in natural conditions was low. Removal of parasitized larvae by hand is suggested.

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Ankita Gupta, Arpan Kumar Das, Kartik Neog, and Abraham Verghese "First Report of Cotesia dictyoplocae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a Larval Parasitoid of Antheraea assamensis (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae), from India," Florida Entomologist 99(3), 541-543, (1 September 2016). https://doi.org/10.1653/024.099.0330

Published: 1 September 2016

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