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Occurrence of Trichogramma acacioi Brun, Moraes & Soares (Hym.: Trichogramatidae), in eggs of Nipteria panacea Thierry-Mieg (Lep.: Geometridae), a geometrid defoliator of avocado

Eggs of Nipteria panacea were collected at avocado orchards in differents altitudes in Espírito Santo State, Brazil. No parasitoids emerged from eggs collected at 750 m altitude fields. T. acaioi was obtained from eggs collected in fields both at 850 m and 950 m of altitude, in a rate of parasitism of 15.6 and 41.7% respectively.

Insecta; biological control; egg parasitoids; avocado pests


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