A first report of egg parasitism in the Tropical Tasar Silkworm Antheraea mylitta (Drury) occurring on cashew

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Published: Jul 26, 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.2456.8.7.9045-9047
Keywords:
silkworm, eggs, parasitoid, parasitism, cashew, eupelmid

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K. Vanitha
Crop Protection, Directorate of Cashew Research, Puttur, Karnataka 574202, India
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1081-6885
S. Santhosh
Department of Zoology, Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode, Kerala 673001, India
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4999-1971

Abstract

The present study has documented egg parasitism in Tropical Tasar Silkworm for the first time. The parasitoid is Anastatus leithi (Walker) belonging to Eupelmidae family.  It is a solitary koinobiont endoparasitoid, emerges out as adults from the tasar eggs in 17-20 days during August- September. The parasitism rate was recorded at 11.90 percentage.

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Vol. 8 No. 7 (2016)
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Author Biographies

K. Vanitha, Crop Protection, Directorate of Cashew Research, Puttur, Karnataka 574202, India

Crop Protection- Entomology

S. Santhosh, Department of Zoology, Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode, Kerala 673001, India

Dept. of Zoology.

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