Affiliation:
1. Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Brasil
2. UFSM, Brasil
3. Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Brasil
Abstract
Brazil is among the world's biggest maize producers and fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is the main insect pest on this crop in the country. Despite the importance of its natural enemies, there still is a lack of information about parasitoids species that attack this insect-pest, such as larval parasitoids. This research reports Euplectrus furnius Walker (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) parasitizing S. fugiperda larvae on maize crop in Brazil.
Subject
General Veterinary,Agronomy and Crop Science,Animal Science and Zoology
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