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- Title
ASPECTS OF THE FIELD ECOLOGY OF STENOMA CATENIFER (LEPIDOPTERA: ELACHISTIDAE) INFESTING HASS AVOCADOS IN GUATEMALA.
- Authors
Hoddle, Mark S.; Hoddle, Christina D.
- Abstract
The article examines the field ecology of Stenoma catenifer during a six-week field study conducted in a commercial Hass avocado orchard in Guatemala. According to the authors of the study, the larvae of Stenoma catenifer reared from Hass avocados are parasitized by two species of primary parasitoid, Apanteles sp. and Macrocentrus sp. The study shows that the observations of the diurnal flight activity of adult Stenoma catenifer indicated that 73% of moths fly less than three meter during the day. Moreover, the laboratory experiments demonstrated that lycosid spiders are voracious predators of fifth instar larvae, pupae, and adults.
- Subjects
GUATEMALA; STENOMA; AVOCADO; ORCHARDS; LARVAE; APANTELES; MACROCENTRUS; PARASITOIDS; MOTHS
- Publication
Florida Entomologist (Florida Entomological Society), 2008, Vol 91, Issue 4, p693
- ISSN
0015-4040
- Publication type
Article