First report of Cotesia vanessae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in North America. Issue 5 (4th April 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hervet, V.A.D.; Murillo, H.; Fernández-Triana, J.L.; Shaw, M.R.; Laird, R.A.; Floate, K.D.
• Is Part Of: Canadian entomologist. Volume 146:Issue 5(2014)
• Page Start: 560
• Page End: 566
• Publication Date: 2014-04-04
• Subjects: Entomology -- Periodicals; Insects -- Periodicals; 595.705
• DOI: 10.4039/tce.2014.9
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0008-347X

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="normal"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>We report for the first time the occurrence of the well-known Eurasian and north African parasitoid <italic>Cotesia vanessae</italic> (Reinhard) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in North America. Specimens were reared from <italic>Chrysodeixis chalcites</italic> (Esper) and <italic>Trichoplusia ni</italic> (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) recovered from several locations in southwestern Ontario, Canada, and detected by DNA sequencing from one <italic>Autographa californica</italic> (Speyer) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in southern Alberta, Canada.</p> </abstract>