A NEW SPECIES OF SYMPIESIS (HYMENOPTERA, EULOPHIDAE) PARASITIC ON THETEAK DEFOLIATOR HYBLAEA-PUERA (LEPIDOPTERA, HYBLAEIDAE) IN INDIA

Authors
SUREKHA K LASALLE J SUDHEENDRAKUMAR VV MURPHY ST
Citation
K. Surekha et al., A NEW SPECIES OF SYMPIESIS (HYMENOPTERA, EULOPHIDAE) PARASITIC ON THETEAK DEFOLIATOR HYBLAEA-PUERA (LEPIDOPTERA, HYBLAEIDAE) IN INDIA, Bulletin of entomological research, 86(1), 1996, pp. 73-76
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Bulletin of entomological research → ACNP
ISSN journal
00074853
Volume
86
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
73 - 76
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-4853(1996)86:1<73:ANSOS(>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Sympiesis hyblaeae Surekha sp. n. is described from Kerala, India. Thi s species, which is a solitary endoparasitoid of first and second inst ar larvae, is a potential biological control agent of the teak defolia tor Hyblaea puera (Cramer).