First report of Cotesia vanessae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in North America
Resource type
Journal article
Creator (person)
Date published
April 4, 2014
Abstract
We report for the first time the occurrence of the well-known Eurasian and north African parasitoid Cotesia vanessae (Reinhard) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in North America. Specimens were reared from Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper) and Trichoplusia ni (Hà¼bner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) recovered from several locations in southwestern Ontario, Canada, and detected by DNA sequencing from one Autographa californica (Speyer) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in southern Alberta, Canada.
Journal title
The Canadian Entomologist
Volume
146
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISSN
0008-347X
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Additional information
Related Organisation/s: Entomological Society of Canada