Celalettin GÖZÜAÇIK, Cafer MART, Kenan KARA

Parasitoids of several lepidopterous pests in maize plantations in the Southeast Anatolian Region of Turkey

The parasitoid complex of several lepidopteran pests were studied in maize plantations in the Southeast Anatolian Region of Turkey during 2003-2004. Apenteles sp., Bracon hebetor (Say.), Chelonus oculator Panzer, Meteorus rubens Nees (Hym.: Braconidae), Conomorium patulum Walk. (Hym.: Pteromalidae), Diadegma crassicornis (Gray.) subsp. africator Aubert (Hym.: Ichneumonidae), Euplectrus sp. (Hym.: Eulophidae), Exorista larvarum (Linnaeus), E. xanthaspis (Wiedemann) Gonia bimaculata Wiedemann, Drino imberbis (Wiedemann), Pseudogonia rufifrons (Wiedemann), and Linnaemya neavei Curran (Dip.: Tachinidae) were reared from field-collected larvae. Mythimna loreyi (Duponchel) (Lep.: Noctuidae) was for the first time found to serve as a host for Diadegma crassicornis (Gray.) subsp. africator (Hym.: Ichneumonidae).

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Key words: Lepidoptera, pest, parasitoid, maize, Southeast Anatolia, Turkey

Parasitoids of several lepidopterous pests in maize plantations in the Southeast Anatolian Region of Turkey

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Key words: Lepidoptera, pest, parasitoid, maize, Southeast Anatolia, Turkey,

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