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Natural enemies of Anthonomus eugenii (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Canada

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 March 2018

R.M. Labbé ,
R. Hilker ,
D. Gagnier ,
C. McCreary ,
G.A.P. Gibson ,
J. Fernández-Triana ,
P.G. Mason  and
T.D. Gariepy
R.M. Labbé*
Affiliation:
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Harrow Research and Development Centre, 2585 County Road 20, Harrow, Ontario, N0R 1G0, Canada
R. Hilker
Affiliation:
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Harrow Research and Development Centre, 2585 County Road 20, Harrow, Ontario, N0R 1G0, Canada
D. Gagnier
Affiliation:
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Harrow Research and Development Centre, 2585 County Road 20, Harrow, Ontario, N0R 1G0, Canada
C. McCreary
Affiliation:
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs, Harrow Research and Development Centre, 2585 County Road 20, Harrow, Ontario, N0R 1G0, Canada
G.A.P. Gibson
Affiliation:
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa Research and Development Centre, 960 Carling Ave, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 4X2, Canada
J. Fernández-Triana
Affiliation:
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa Research and Development Centre, 960 Carling Ave, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 4X2, Canada
P.G. Mason
Affiliation:
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa Research and Development Centre, 960 Carling Ave, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 4X2, Canada
T.D. Gariepy
Affiliation:
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London Research and Development Centre, 1391 Sandford Street, London, Ontario, N5V 3V3, Canada
*
1Corresponding author (e-mail: Roselyne.Labbe@agr.gc.ca)
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Abstract

The pepper weevil, Anthonomus eugenii Cano (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), is the most important pest of pepper (Capsicum Linnaeus; Solanaceae) crops in North America. Native to Mexico, the southern United States of America, and Central America, it is intercepted in Canada when peppers are imported to supplement domestic production. Given the proximity of greenhouse and field production to packing facilities, this pest poses a serious risk to the cultivation of peppers in Canada. Once established, it is difficult to control because immature stages of the weevil are protected within the pepper fruit. As such, chemical control targeting these life stages is not effective, and other strategies, including biological control, may prove useful. To explore the potential for biological control options to manage the pepper weevil in areas at risk in Canada, natural enemy surveys were conducted in southern Ontario following the reports of transient, localised field populations in 2016. Parasitoids belonging to three Hymenoptera families including Pteromalidae (Jaliscoa hunteri Crawford, Pteromalus anthonomi Ashmead), Eupelmidae (Eupelmus pulchriceps Cameron), and Braconidae (Nealiolus Mason species, Bracon Fabricius species) were reared from infested field-collected pepper fruits. Together, these new natural enemy records could facilitate the exploration and development of novel agents for the biological control of the pepper weevil.

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Insect Management
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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 150 , Issue 3 , June 2018 , pp. 404 - 411
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© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 

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