New Host Associations and Distribution Records of Natural Enemies of Banana Pests
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https://doi.org/10.55446/IJE.2022.586Keywords:
Banana, insect pests, mites, natural enemies, parasitoids, predators, scales, tingid, new record, distribution, India, Tamil Nadu.Abstract
New distribution records and host associations of natural enemies of banana insect and mite pests are reported. These include eight parasitoids (two trichogrammatids, two mymarids, two encyrtids, one pteromalid, one scelionid) and twelve predators (one thrips, two staphylinids and nine coccinellids). Two egg parasitoids, Prosoligosita perplexa Hayat & Husain and Epoligosita duliniae Livingstone and Yacoob are reported for the first time from banana tingid, Stephanitis typica (Distant). Prosoligosita perplexa is also recorded for the first time from South India and this is the first host record for this genus. Details of host associations are provided for the other bioagents recorded.
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