Journal of Biological Control

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The experiment was conducted in the Department of Entomology, Himachal Pradesh, Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur during 1993-94. The cultures of wax moths namely Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus) and Achroia grisella (Fabricius) were raised on artificial diet. The larvae developed on artificial diet were utilized for mass rearing of the parasitoid, Apanteles galleriae Wilkinson. The maximum number of wax moths larvae were produced when jar size of 20.32 × 16.24 cm was used and when 45 female and 15 male parasitoids were released in the above mentioned jars and 200 larvae were exposed. The economics of parasitoid production was calculated as Rs. 0.66 per 10 adults of A. galleriae.


Keywords

Achroia grisella, Apanteles galleriae, Artificial Diet, Biocontrol, Galleria mellonella.
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