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A new species of Sympiesis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) parasitic on the teak defoliator Hyblaea puera (Lepidoptera: Hyblaeidae) in India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

K. Surekha ,
J. LaSalle ,
V.V. Sudheendrakumar  and
S.T. Murphy
K. Surekha*
Affiliation:
Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
J. LaSalle
Affiliation:
International Institute of Entomology, London, UK
V.V. Sudheendrakumar
Affiliation:
Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, India
S.T. Murphy
Affiliation:
International Institute of Biological Control, Silwood Park, Ascot, UK
*
Dr K. Surekha, Division of Entomology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012, India.
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Abstract

Sympiesis hyblaeae Surekha sp. n. is described from Kerala, India. This species, which is a solitary endoparasitoid of first and second instar larvae, is a potential biological control agent of the teak defoliator Hyblaea puera (Cramer).

Type
Research Article
Information
Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 86 , Issue 1 , February 1996 , pp. 73 - 76
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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