This study aimed to evaluate the impact of temperature on development two lines Trichogramma pretiosum (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae), determine thermal requirements this parasitoid wasp Neoleucinodes elegantalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) eggs. The experiment was carried out with (“Ubajara” and “Guaraciaba”, Ceará State) T. collected naturally parasitizing eggs N. in tomato (Solanum lycopersic...

Egg parasitoids face unique developmental constraints. First, they have exceptionally limited resources to support themselves and their siblings through three life stages. Second, they develop within the physiological system of another species, which they modify to their own ends. We examined how these constraints affect the metabolic physiology of egg parasitism, and whether parasitoids retool...