Many parasitic wasps that exploit herbivores as their hosts make use of herbivoreinduced plant odours to locate their victims and these wasps often exhibit an ability to learn to associate specific plant-produced odours with the presence of hosts. This associative learning is expected to allow generalist parasitoids to focus on cues that are most reliably associated with current host presence, ...

Malaysia is a tropical country that produces commercial fruits, including star fruits, Averrhoa carambola L. (Oxalidales: Oxalidaceae), and guavas, Psidium guajava L. (Myrtales: Myrtaceae). There is a high demand for these fruits, and they are planted for both local consumption and export purposes. Unfortunately, there has been a gradual reduction of these fruits, which has been shown to be rel...

The genus Microplitis Förster, 1862 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) was studied from northern Iran. Specimens were collected using Malaise traps during 2010–2011. A total of 13 species and identified, which six are recorded for the first time Iran: M. cebes Nixon, 1970, docilis eremitus Reinhard, 1880, kaszabi Papp, 1980, pallidipennis Tobias, 1964 varipes (Ruthe, 1860). Two new recor...

a survey was carried out on the hyperparasitoids of the poplar spiral gall aphid, pemphigus spyrothecae passerini, 1860 in ardabil province from 2012 to 2013. two pteromalid species, including pachyneuron solitarium (hartig, 1838) and asaphes suspensus (nees, 1834) were reared from the mummified aphids. both species are hyperparasitoid of p. spyrothecae via monoctonia vesicarii tremblay, 1991 (...

In this study, the population dynamics and bio-ecology of Diaphania indica (Saunders) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) have been investigated. The abundance D. was recorded throughout year between 2018 2019 indicating an overlapping generations. We found that abundance/incidence June - July maximum compared to early summer winter. density weather parameters i.e., relative humidity positively correlated...

Two genera ( Campyloneurus Szépligeti and Craspedolcus Enderlein) 31 species of Braconinae are recorded for the first time from South Korea, including one new subspecies Bracon albion continentalis ssp. nov. ). synonyms proposed: leptotes Li, He & Chen, 2020, syn. (= B. (Bracon) semitergalis Tobias, 2000) megaventris (B.) terebralis 2000). For all with problematic identification descrip...