Background: The vegetable leafminer, Liriomyza sativae (Blanchard) is a serious pest of and ornamental crops in the whole Vietnam. Previous studies indicate that biology leafminers depends on host plant. objective this study was to understand performance L. kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) pak choi (Brassica rapa var. chinensis). Methods: experiment carried out at Laboratory Entomology, Facu...

We studied two species of neotropical parasitoids that occur naturally in northeastern Brazil and are associated with Liriomyza sativae (Blanchard): Opius (Gastrosema) scabriventris Nixon (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and Chrysocharis vonones (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). We evaluated the influence of seven temperatures on the duration of the egg-adult period and on the survivorship of the im...