Aspectos biológicos do parasitóide Chelonus insularis (Cresson) (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) criados em ovos de Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

Rezende, Maria A.A; Cruz, Ivan; Lucia, Terezinha M.C. Della

doi:10.1590/S0101-81751995000400007

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Biological aspects of Chelonus insularis (Cresson, 1865) an egg-larval parasitoid reared on Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith, 1797) eggs Chelonus insularis (Cresson. 1865) has been cited in the international literature as a promissing biological control agent against the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith, 1797). Its field occurrence in Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais (Brasil) has been increasing in the last years. For these reasons this experiment was conducted in the laboratory, at the National Corn and Sorghum Research Center, of EMBRAPA, under temperature of 25ºC. RH of 73% and photophase of 12 hours. Ten couples of the parasitoid were individually placed in a glass jar (5 liters capacity). They were fed on a 10% sugar solution. Each couple received one fall armyworm egg mass to oviposit during a 24-hour period. After hatching, the larvae were fed on artificial bean diet, up to the death caused by the parasitoid larvae. The total biological life cycle was 26.61 days on the average (larval period of 20.42 and pupal period of 6.19 days). The average weight of two days - old pupae was 0.02g. The adult longevity was on average. 10 days (8.4 days for males and 11.6 days for females). The greatest rate of parasitism occurred when the female was three days old, with a maximum of 92 eggs parasitized in that day.

Braconidae; Chelonus insularis; Noctuidae; Spodoptera frugiperda; Biological control

Aspectos biológicos do parasitóide Chelonus insularis (Cresson) (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) criados em ovos de Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

Biological aspects of the parasitoid Chelonus insularis (Cresson) (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) reared on eggs of Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

Maria A.A. Rezende^I; Ivan Cruz^II; Terezinha M.C. Della Lucia^I

^IDepartamento de Biologia Animal. Universidade Federal de Viçosa. 36570-000 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brasil

^IICentro Nacional de Pesquisa de Milho e sorgo. Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária. Caixa Postal 151. 35701-970 Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brasil

ABSTRACT

Biological aspects of Chelonus insularis (Cresson, 1865) an egg-larval parasitoid reared on Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith, 1797) eggs Chelonus insularis (Cresson. 1865) has been cited in the international literature as a promissing biological control agent against the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith, 1797). Its field occurrence in Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais (Brasil) has been increasing in the last years. For these reasons this experiment was conducted in the laboratory, at the National Corn and Sorghum Research Center, of EMBRAPA, under temperature of 25ºC. RH of 73% and photophase of 12 hours. Ten couples of the parasitoid were individually placed in a glass jar (5 liters capacity). They were fed on a 10% sugar solution. Each couple received one fall armyworm egg mass to oviposit during a 24-hour period. After hatching, the larvae were fed on artificial bean diet, up to the death caused by the parasitoid larvae. The total biological life cycle was 26.61 days on the average (larval period of 20.42 and pupal period of 6.19 days). The average weight of two days - old pupae was 0.02g. The adult longevity was on average. 10 days (8.4 days for males and 11.6 days for females). The greatest rate of parasitism occurred when the female was three days old, with a maximum of 92 eggs parasitized in that day.

Key words: Braconidae, Chelonus insularis, Noctuidae, Spodoptera frugiperda, Biological control

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______. 1980. Catalogo de los himenopteros brasilenõs de la Série Parasítica incluyendo Bethyloidea. Curitiba. Editora da Universidade Federal do Paraná, 395p.
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[1] Ashley, T.R.; V.H. Waddil; E.R. Mitchell & J. Rye. 1982. Impact of native parasites on the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), in South Florida and release of the exotic parasite Eiphosoma vitticole (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Environ. Entomol. 11:833-837.

[2] de Santis, L. 1967. Catalogo de los himenopteros Argentinos de la série parasitica incluyendo Bethyloidea. La Plata, Com Invest Cient., 337p.

[3] ______. 1980. Catalogo de los himenopteros brasilenõs de la Série Parasítica incluyendo Bethyloidea. Curitiba. Editora da Universidade Federal do Paraná, 395p.

[4] Hafes, M.; M.F.S. Tawfik & A. Ibrahima. 1980. The imature stages of Chelonus inanitus (L.), a parasite of the cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis (Bolsd), in Egypt Dsich. Ent. Z. N.F. 27:29-38.

[5] Jackson, C.G.; J.S. Delph & E.G. Neemann. 1978. Development, longevity and fecundity of Chelonus blackburni (Hym. Braconidae) as a parasite of Pectinophora gossypiellla (Lep. Gelechiidae) Entomophaga 23:34-35.

[6] Marsh, P.M. 1979. Braconidae. In: K.V. Krombein; P.D. Hurd; D.R. Smith & B.D. Burk (Eds). Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press, v.1, 1198p.

[7] Perkins, W.D.; R.L. Jones; A.N. Sparks; B.R. Wiseman; J.W. Snow & W.W. McMillian. 1973. Artificial diet for mass rearing of corn earworm (Heliothis zea). sl. Agricultural Reserch Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 7p. (Prod. Res. Rep., 154).

[8] Pierce, W.D. & T.E. Holloway. 1912. Notes on the biology of Chelonus texanus Cress. J. Econ. Entomol. 5:425-428.

[9] Powers, N.R. & E.R. Oatman. 1984. Biology and temperature responses of Chelonus kelliae and Chelonus phthorimaea (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and their host, the potato tuberworm, Phthorimaea operculella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Hilgardia 52:1-32.

[10] Rechav, Y. 1978. Biological and ecological studies of the parasitoid Chelonus inanitus (Hym. Braconidae) in Israel. III. Effects of temperature, humidity and food on survival of the adult. Entomophaga 23 (1):89-94.

[11] Swamiappan, M. & M. Balasubramanian. 1979. Studies on mass multiplication and potentiality of Chelonus blackburni Cam. a braconid parasite of cotton bolloworms. Entomon 5:73-75.

[12] Ullyett, G.C. 1949. Distribution of progeny by Chelonus texanus Cress. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Can. Entomol 81:25-44.

[13] Wolcott, G.N. 1948. The insects of Puerto Rico. Jour. Agric. Univ. Puerto Rico 32 (4):758-759.

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Aspectos biológicos do parasitóide Chelonus insularis (Cresson) (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) criados em ovos de Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

Biological aspects of the parasitoid Chelonus insularis (Cresson) (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) reared on eggs of Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

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