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A study of the parasitoid complex of the European fir budworm, Choristoneura murinana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), and its relevance for biological control of related hosts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

N.J. Mills  and
M. Kenis
N.J. Mills*
Affiliation:
Division of Biological Control, University of California, USA
M. Kenis
Affiliation:
IIBC European Station, Delémont, CH-2800, Switzerland
*
N.J. Mills, Division of Biological Control, University of California, 1050 San Pablo Ave, Albany CA 94706, USA.
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Abstract

The parasitoid complex and apparent parasitism of Choristoneura murinana Hübner were investigated in relation to the relative abundance of budworm larvae at several sites in Europe. A single outbreak population was sampled, while other sites supported varying but much lower host population abundance. Sampling at Sion in Switzerland from 1984–89, indicated that the species richness of the parasitoid complex was correlated with relative host abundance and in general more polyphagous parasitoids were represented in sites with greater budworm abundance. Of the specialized parasitoids, Apanteles murinanae Čapek & Zwölfer (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) was dominant in less abundant host populations and both Cephaloglypta murinanae (Bauer) and Dirophanes maculicornis (Stephens) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) were supported only at greater budworm abundance. These findings are discussed in relation to the use of Choristoneura murinana parasitoids in the biological control of native Choristoneura spp. pests in other continents.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 81 , Issue 4 , December 1991 , pp. 429 - 436
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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