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LIFE HISTORY AND IMMATURE STAGES OF THE PARASITOID MICROPLITIS MEDIATOR (HYMENOPTERA: BRACONIDAE), REARED ON THE BERTHA ARMYWORM MAMESTRA CONFIGURATA (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

A.P. Arthur  and
P.G. Mason
A.P. Arthur
Affiliation:
Agriculture Canada Research Station, 107 Science Crescent, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 0X2
P.G. Mason
Affiliation:
Agriculture Canada Research Station, 107 Science Crescent, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 0X2
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Abstract

Microplitis mediator (Haliday) is being considered for introduction into Saskatchewan to augment the biological control of the bertha armyworm, Mamestra configurata Walker. It was reared in the laboratory on larvae of the bertha armyworm. Notes on the life history and descriptions of the egg and three larval stages are given.

Résumé

On envisage l’introduction en Saskatchewan de Microplitis mediator (Haliday) pour renforcer la lutte biologique contre la légionnaire bertha, Mamestra configurata Walker. Le parasite a été élevé en laboratoire sur des larves de la légionnaire. Les auteurs présentent des observations sur la biologie et la morphologie des oeufs et des trois stades larvaires.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 118 , Issue 5 , May 1986 , pp. 487 - 491
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1986

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