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First record of Euxestonotus error (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) in the Pacific Northwest, United States of America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2016

E.R. Echegaray ,
R.N. Stougaard  and
B. Bohannon
E.R. Echegaray*
Affiliation:
Department of Research Centers, Northwestern Agricultural Research Center, Montana State University, Montana, 59901, United States of America
R.N. Stougaard
Affiliation:
Department of Research Centers, Northwestern Agricultural Research Center, Montana State University, Montana, 59901, United States of America
B. Bohannon
Affiliation:
Department of Research Centers, Northwestern Agricultural Research Center, Montana State University, Montana, 59901, United States of America
*
1Corresponding author (e-mail: erik.echegaray@montana.edu)
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Abstract

Euxestonotus error (Fitch) (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) is considered part of the natural enemy complex of the wheat midge Sitodiplosis mosellana (Géhin) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). Although previously reported in the United States of America, there is no record for this species outside the state of New York since 1865. A survey conducted in the summer of 2015 revealed that E. error is present in northwestern Montana and is likely playing a role in the suppression of wheat midge populations.

Type
Insect Management – Note
Information
The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 148 , Issue 5 , October 2016 , pp. 616 - 618
Copyright
© Entomological Society of Canada 2016 

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Subject editor: Rob Johns

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