Larval and pupal parasitoids of Plutella xylostella (Lep.: Plutellidae) in Isfahan province, Iran

Subject Areas : Plant Protection

Maryam Afiunizadeh Isfahani ¹ ( )
Javad Karimzadeh Isfahani ² ( )

Received: 2011-05-31 Accepted : 2011-10-18 Published : 2010-11-22

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Abstract :

Field studies were performed to identify larval and pupal parasitoids of diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera, Plutellidae), in Isfahan province during summer and autumn of 2009. In each main cabbage growing area (Flavarjan and Mobarakeh counties), two fields of common cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) and two fields of cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis) were chosen. Sampling was then carried out on ten randomly selected plants within each field, where all P. xylostella larvae and pupae were collected and reared under laboratory conditions. In the present study, seven species of parasitoid wasps (five larval and two pupal parasitoids) and two species of hyperparasitoid wasps were determined:   1- Larval Parasitoids: Cotesia plutellae (Kurdjumov) (Braconidae) Apanteles sp. (Braconidae) Bracon hebetor Say(Braconidae) Diadegma semiclausum (Hellen) (Ichneumonidae) Oomyzus sokolowskii (Kurdjumov) (Eulophidae)   2- Pupal Parasitoids: Diadromus collaris (Gravenhorst) (Ichneumonidae) Diadromus subtilicornis (Gravenhorst) (Ichneumonidae)   3- Hyperparasitoids: Mokrzeckia obscura Graham (Pteromalidae) Pteromalus sp. (Pteromalidae)        The proportional abundance and some biological characteristics of parasitoid species were investigated. This is the first record of M. obscura on P. xylostella in Iran.

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