A laboratory comparison of four Trichogramma species (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) as potential biocontrol agents for the carob moth,Ectomyelois ceratoniae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) |
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| Authors: | Ines Ksentini Taieb Jardak Najiba Zeghal |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Laboratory of Improvement and Protection of Olive Tree Genetic Resources , Olive Tree Institute , Sfax , Tunisia;2. Life Science Department , Faculty of Science, University of Sfax , Sfax , Tunisia;3. Laboratory of Improvement and Protection of Olive Tree Genetic Resources , Olive Tree Institute , Sfax , Tunisia;4. Life Science Department , Faculty of Science, University of Sfax , Sfax , Tunisia |
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| Abstract: | Four Trichogramma species were recovered in the field from eggs of carob moth, Ectomyelois ceratoniae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). The oviposition rates of Trichogramma oleae, Trichogramma cacoeciae, Trichogramma evanescens and Trichogramma bourarachae were compared when presented either E. ceratoniae or Ephestia kuehniella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). T. oleae and T. bourarachae did not parasitise either species of Lepidoptera. |
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| Keywords: | Trichogramma Ectomyelois ceratoniae Ephestia kuehniella acceptance |
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