Host suitability and fitness-related parameters of Campoletis sonorensis (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) as a parasitoid of the cabbage looper, Trichoplusia ni (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

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• 作者：Henry Murillo^a ; ^{murillo@uwindsor.ca} ; David W.A. Hunt^b ; Sherah L. VanLaerhoven^a
• 关键词：Campoletis sonorensis ; Trichoplusia ni ; Host suitability ; Fitness
• 刊名：Biological Control
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：January, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：64
• 期：1
• 页码：10-15
• 全文大小：240 K

文摘

The seven age-classes of Trichoplusia ni (H¨¹bner) larvae evaluated in this study as hosts of Campoletis sonorensis indicates that early 2nd larval instar (3-5 day-old larvae) of T. ni represents the most suitable host stage for the development of the larval endoparasitoid C. sonorensis. The higher suitability of early 2nd larval instar of T. ni resulted in more parasitised larvae, a higher rate of successful parasitoid emergence, a higher rate of female progeny, and a lower rate of immature parasitoid mortality. The fitness gain of C. sonorensis on late 1st larval instar (2 day-old larvae) and late 2nd larval instar -early 3rd instars (6-8 day-old larvae) stages of T. ni is negatively affected by the trade-offs between the different physiological and behavioral characteristics influencing their suitability as hosts of C. sonorensis.