Parasitoid wasps on <Emphasis Type="Italic">Epinotia granitalis</Emphasis> (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) larvae |
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Authors: | K Kato T Yamanobe |
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Institution: | (1) Forest Tree Breeding Center, 3809-1 Ishi, Juo, Taga, Ibaraki 319-1301, Japan Tel. +81-293-32-7045; Fax +81-293-32-7034 e-mail: katoka@affrc.go.jp, JP;(2) Kansai Breeding Office, Forest Tree Breeding Center, Okayama, Japan, JP |
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Abstract: | Parasitism by parasitoid wasps on the larvae of Epinotia granitalis (Butler), which is a wood-injuring pest in coniferous plantations, was observed for 6 years in two plantation forests of
Chamaecyparis obtusa (Sieb. et Zucc.) Endl. and Cryptomeria japonica (L.f.) D. Don that were adjacent to each other and consisted of trees of almost the same size. E. granitalis larvae were collected from early April to mid-May, then reared in glass bottles, and finally examined to determine whether
or not the larvae had been parasitized. Five species of parasitoids were recorded; two of them were classified in Ichneumonidae,
Campoplex spp. A and B, and others in Braconidae, Iconella repleta Papp, Bassus cingulipes Nees von Esenbeck, and Bracon spp. In all 6 years, parasitism was first observed around 20 April. Species composition of parasitoids differed greatly among
years and between forests. In 1 year in each forest the percentage parasitism increased significantly with the sampling date,
indicating that not all parasitoids attack the same developmental stage of E. granitalis. The mean percentage parasitism per year was significantly higher in the forest of C. obtusa 11.5(%) ± 5.7(SD)] than in the forest of C. japonica (3.0 ± 4.1). These results suggest that the efficiency of parasitoid adults in finding hosts differed between the two forests.
Received: September 20, 2001 / Accepted: August 5, 2002
Acknowledgments We are grateful to Dr. K. Maeto, Shikoku Research Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, and to Dr. K.
Konishi, National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region, for identifying parasitoids, and to Dr. T. Miyaura, Forest
Tree Breeding Center, and Dr. H. Kosaka, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, for their helpful advice throughout
the study.
Correspondence to:K. Kato |
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Keywords: | Epinotia granitalis Parasitoid Chamaecyparis obtusa Cryptomeria japonica |
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