the mill moth, ephestia kuehniella zeller and indian meal moth, plodia interpunctella (hubner) are two injuriously important pests of stored products worldwide. harobracon hebetor (say) has been used as a biological control agent of moth’s larva in peanut storehouses and as well in packaged cereal products. in the present study, the efficacy of h. hebetor in parasitizing larva of the mill moth ...

We show here that 105 regions in two Lepidoptera genomes appear to derive from horizontally transferred wasp DNA. We experimentally verified the presence of two of these sequences in a diverse set of silkworm (Bombyx mori) genomes. We hypothesize that these horizontal transfers are made possible by the unusual strategy many parasitoid wasps employ of injecting hosts with endosymbiotic polydnavi...

introduction: parasitoid wasp, trichogramma brassicae (bezdenko) (hym.: trichogrammatidae) has excellent position in mass production technology, scope of application, wide geographical distribution and unmatched talent to adapt to different climatic conditions that can be easily reared on mediterranean flour moth (mfm), ephestia kuehniella zeller (lep.: pyralidae). the parasitoid use is in orde...

Neonicotinoids are widely used insecticides, but their use is subject of debate because of their detrimental effects on pollinators. Little is known about the effect of neonicotinoids on other beneficial insects such as parasitoid wasps, which serve as natural enemies and are crucial for ecosystem functioning. Here we show that sublethal doses of the neonicotinoid imidacloprid impair sexual com...

Abstract. Tricahyati T, Suparman, Irsan C. 2022. Natural enemies of Pentalonia nigronervosa, vector Banana Bunchy Top Virus. Biodiversitas 23: 3675-3684. nigronervosa (Coquerel) is an important pest banana. Instead sucking liquid from banana phloem, P. also play role in transmitting Virus (BBTV) infected to healthy ones. If efforts are not made control the aphid, existence can increase field. T...

The relationship between parasitoid wasps and polydnaviruses constitutes one of the few known mutualisms between viruses and eukaryotes. Viral particles are injected with the wasp eggs into parasitized larvae, and the viral genes thus introduced are used to manipulate lepidopteran host physiology. The genome packaged in the particles is composed of 35 double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) circles produce...

A new genus and species of parasitoid wasp is described from Burmese amber: Prototeleia kleio gen. nov. , sp. (Platygastroidea, Platygastridae). exhibits multiple characters that we consider to be plesiomorphic for Platygastridae. These are analyzed discussed in the context extant fossil taxa.