04 Ara 2024 Çarşamba
Natural enemies of banana lacewing bug, Stephanitis typica (Distant) in India, including first report of Anagrus sp. (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) as its egg parasitoid
Abstract :Natural enemies of the banana lacewing bug, Stephanitis typica (Distant) (Hemiptera: Tingidae) in India are
documented. Diagnostic notes on Stethoconus
praefectus (Distant), an obligate predator of S. typica with details of its other tingid hosts and host plants
are provided. Two egg parasitoids, Erythmelus
panis Enock and Anagrus sp.
(Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) are reported as egg parasitoids of S. typica from Tamil Nadu and Manipur,
respectively, the latter being the first record of this host association in the
world
Banana tingid, natural enemies, biological control