Eur. J. Entomol. 102 (4): 805-807, 2005

Comparison of the suitability of three pest leafminers (Diptera: Agromyzidae) as hosts for the parasitoid Dacnusa sibirica (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Yoshihisa ABE1, Tomohiko TAKEUCHI1, Susumu TOKUMARU2, Jun KAMATA3
1 Laboratory of Applied Entomology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto 606-8522, Japan; e-mail: y_abe@kpu.ac.jp
2 Kyoto Prefectural Agricultural Research Institute, Amarube, Kameoka, Kyoto 621-0806, Japan
3 Arysta LifeScience Co. Ltd., 8-1, Akashi-cho, Chuo, Tokyo 104-6591, Japan

The suitability of Liriomyza sativae Blanchard, L. trifolii (Burgess) and L. bryoniae (Kaltenbach) as hosts of the solitary larval-pupal parasitoid Dacnusa sibirica Telenga was studied. This parasitoid is used as a biological control agent against L. trifolii and L. bryoniae. The parasitoid laid eggs in L. sativae, but no adult parasitoids emerged from the puparia. In contrast, D. sibirica adults emerged from the puparia of L. trifolii and L. bryoniae, and there was no significant difference in emergence rate, female developmental time, or sex ratio when parasitizing these two host species. The parasitoid adults that emerged from the L. bryoniae puparia were significantly larger than those from L. trifolii puparia. In conclusion, D. sibirica, a useful biological control agent of L. trifolii and L. bryoniae, cannot control L. sativae.

Keywords: Biological control, Agromyzidae, Liriomyza, Braconidae, Dacnusa, development, survival, sex ratio, body size

Received: October 8, 2004; Revised: April 11, 2005; Accepted: April 11, 2005; Published: November 3, 2005  Show citation

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ABE, Y., TAKEUCHI, T., TOKUMARU, S., & KAMATA, J. (2005). Comparison of the suitability of three pest leafminers (Diptera: Agromyzidae) as hosts for the parasitoid Dacnusa sibirica (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). EJE, 102(4), 805-807
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