Eur. J. Entomol. 117: 190-198, 2020 | DOI: 10.14411/eje.2020.020

Influence of a diet containing tobacco on the biology of Ephestia kuehniella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) and its parasitoid Habrobracon hebetor (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)Original article

Cleder PEZZINI1,2, Simone MUNDSTOCK JAHNKE1, Andreas KÖHLER2
1 Laboratory of Biological Control of Insects, Faculty of Agronomy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Avenida Bento Gonçalves, 7712, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; e-mail: cleder.pezzini@hotmail.com, mundstock.jahnke@ufrgs.br
2 Laboratory of Entomology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Santa Cruz do Sul (UNISC), Avenida Independência, 2293, Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; e-mail: andreas@unisc.br

Host diet often influences its biological parameters and the success of their parasitoids, both in mass rearing, field research and parasitism in applied biological control programs. Habrobracon hebetor (Say, 1836) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is an important biological control agent of the flour moth Ephestia kuehniella (Zeller, 1879) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), which infests tobacco, grain and other products in storage. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of different proportions of tobacco in artificial diets on the biological parameters of the host E. kuehniella and its parasitoid H. hebetor. Four classes of Virginia tobacco with different sugar and nicotine concentrations were added to flour diets for moths in different percentages (5, 10 and 15%).The experimental design was completely randomized in a 3 × 4 factorial scheme (percentage of dietary tobacco × class of tobacco). In the parasitoid bioassays, hosts fed only with 5% tobacco were used. For E. kuehniella, the development time (egg-adult), viability of immature stages, sex ratio, fecundity, egg viability and longevity were measured. For H. hebetor, percentage parasitism, offspring sex ratio, number of paralyzed and parasitized larvae, egg-adult viability and parasitism preference were measured. Tobacco classes and percentages added to the diet influenced the development time and viability of E. kuehniella. The 5% host diet did not influence the different biological parameters and behaviour of H. hebetor. For mass rearing of H. hebetor, it is unnecessary to add tobacco to the artificial diet in order to improve parasitoid performance.

Keywords: Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Habrobracon hebetor, Lepidoptera, Pyralidae, Ephestia kuehniella, biological control, ectoparasitoid, stored products, artificial diet, Nicotiana tabacum

Received: November 4, 2019; Revised: March 9, 2020; Accepted: March 9, 2020; Published online: April 28, 2020  Show citation

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PEZZINI, C., MUNDSTOCK JAHNKE, S., & KÖHLER, A. (2020). Influence of a diet containing tobacco on the biology of Ephestia kuehniella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) and its parasitoid Habrobracon hebetor (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). EJE, 117, Article 190-198. https://doi.org/10.14411/eje.2020.020
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