REARING METHODS FOR AGENIASPIS-CITRICOLA (HYMENOPTERA, ENCYRTIDAE) AND CIRROSPILUS-QUADRISTRIATUS (HYMENOPTERA, EULOPHIDAE) RELEASED IN A CLASSICAL BIOLOGICAL-CONTROL PROGRAM FOR THE CITRUS LEAFMINER PHYLLOCNISTIS-CITRELLA (LEPIDOPTERA, GRACILLARIIDAE)

Authors
SMITH JM HOY MA
Citation
Jm. Smith et Ma. Hoy, REARING METHODS FOR AGENIASPIS-CITRICOLA (HYMENOPTERA, ENCYRTIDAE) AND CIRROSPILUS-QUADRISTRIATUS (HYMENOPTERA, EULOPHIDAE) RELEASED IN A CLASSICAL BIOLOGICAL-CONTROL PROGRAM FOR THE CITRUS LEAFMINER PHYLLOCNISTIS-CITRELLA (LEPIDOPTERA, GRACILLARIIDAE), The Florida entomologist, 78(4), 1995, pp. 600-608
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
The Florida entomologist → ACNP
ISSN journal
00154040
Volume
78
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
600 - 608
Database
ISI
SICI code
0015-4040(1995)78:4<600:RMFA(E>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Rearing techniques for Ageniaspis citricola and Cirrospilus quadristri atus and their host, the citrus leafminer, Phyllocnistis citrella, are discussed as related to a classical biological program. Methods for r earing the three trophic levels (citrus plants, leafminers, and parasi toids) are described in detail. An average of 1,155 adult citrus leafm iners were produced in a cage filled with 60-72 young citrus trees. Be tween April and October 1994, a total of 15,230 A. citricola were prod uced, with an average of 750 adults per cage. Between late July and Oc tober 1994, a total of 1,328 C. quadristriatus were produced, with an average of 144 adults per cage. The two parasitoids were released into leafminer-infested citrus groves throughout Florida in a classical bi ological control project.