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Natural Enemy Complex of Coconut Leaf Eating Caterpillar, Opisina arenosella Walker (Lepidoptera:Xylorictidae) in Karnataka


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1 Central Plantation Crops Research Institute, Kasaragod 671 124, Kerala, India
2 Project Directorate of Biological Control, P. B. No. 2491, H. A. Farm Post, Bellary Road, Bangalore 560 024, Karnataka, India
 

Surveys in coastal and interior Karnataka during 1996 and 1997 revealed the occurrence of four larval, one larval-pupal and thirteen pupal parasitoids and eleven predators of Opisina arenosella Walker. Eight hyperparasitoids were also recorded.

Keywords

Hyperparasitoids, Opisina arenosella, Parasitoid, Predator.
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A. Sujatha
Central Plantation Crops Research Institute, Kasaragod 671 124, Kerala, India
S. P. Singh
Project Directorate of Biological Control, P. B. No. 2491, H. A. Farm Post, Bellary Road, Bangalore 560 024, Karnataka, India

Abstract


Surveys in coastal and interior Karnataka during 1996 and 1997 revealed the occurrence of four larval, one larval-pupal and thirteen pupal parasitoids and eleven predators of Opisina arenosella Walker. Eight hyperparasitoids were also recorded.

Keywords


Hyperparasitoids, Opisina arenosella, Parasitoid, Predator.