Eur. J. Entomol. 101 (2): 333-336, 2004

Instar preference and parasitization of Aphis gossypii and Myzus persicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) by the parasitoid Aphidius colemani (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae)

Dionyssios C. PERDIKIS, Dionyssios P. LYKOURESSIS, Nikolaos G. GARANTONAKIS, Stylianh A. IATROU
Agricultural University of Athens, Laboratory of Agricultural Zoology and Entomology, 75 Iera Odos, 118 55 Athens, Greece; e-mail: lykouressis@aua.gr

The instar preference and parasitization (expressed as mummification rate) of Aphis gossypii Glover and Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) by the parasitoid Aphidius colemani Viereck (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) were studied at 25±0.5°C, 65±5% r.h. and a 16L : 8D photoperiod. The female parasitoids were 24-36 h old and were left to forage for 1 h on an eggplant leaf on which 10 nymphs of each instar of A. gossypii or M. persicae were placed. The percentage of A. gossypii nymphs mummified was higher than that of M. persicae (43.2 and 25.2%, respectively). The parasitoid parasitized nymphs of all instars of both aphid species, but it showed a preference for 1st and 2nd instars of A. gossypii and 1st instar of M. persicae. Nymphs of both aphid species parasitized in the 1st and 2nd instars were mummified when reached the 4th instar or adult stage, whereas those parasitized in the 3rd and 4th instars were mummified in the adult stage. The importance of these results in the effectiveness of A. colemani in biological control of A. gossypii and M. persicae is discussed.

Keywords:  Aphis gossypii, Myzus persicae, Aphidius colemani, host preference, parasitoid

Received: October 22, 2003; Revised: January 29, 2004; Accepted: March 15, 2004; Published: June 25, 2004  Show citation

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PERDIKIS, D.C., LYKOURESSIS, D.P., GARANTONAKIS, N.G., & IATROU, S.A. (2004). Instar preference and parasitization of Aphis gossypii and Myzus persicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) by the parasitoid Aphidius colemani (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae). EJE, 101(2), 333-336
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