First Report of the Hyperparasitoid Taeniogonalos gundlachii Cresson (Hymenoptera: Trigonalidae) from Hyalophora cecropia L. (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)
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| Authors: | Moskowitz, D; Paulson, G |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Journal: | Entomol. News 127: 502-504 Website Article Link (DOI) |
| Title: | First Report of the Hyperparasitoid Taeniogonalos gundlachii Cresson (Hymenoptera: Trigonalidae) from Hyalophora cecropia L. (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) |
| Abstract: | On January 22, 2016, a Cecropia Moth (Hyalophora cecropia L.) cocoon was collected (by I. Desvousges) in Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA. The cocoon was found in a shrub-dominated electric utility powerline, brought inside and maintained at room temperature. On April 12, 2016, Lespesia datanarum (Townsend) (Diptera: Tachinidae) began emerging from the cocoon. The cocoon and flies were transferred to an enclosed container. On May 2, 2016, a hyperparasite wasp T. gundlachii (Cresson) emerged in the closed container holding the cocoon and the flies. This is the first report of T. gundlachii (= Poecilogonalos costalis) as a hyperparasite from H. cecropia of which we are aware. |
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