Sugarcane borer, Diatraea saccharalis (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), is a key insect pest that affects crop yield in Mexico. Immature stages of the pest are naturally attacked by a complex of parasitoids. We identified the parasitoid Siphosturmia rafaeli (Townsend) to be a new record at Tabasco, Mexico, and reported a new host.
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1 September 2016
First Report of Siphosturmia rafaeli (Townsend) as a Parasitoid of Diatraea saccharalis (Crambidae) at Tabasco, México
Vidal Hernández-García,
Hipólito Ramírez-Ramírez,
Rodolfo Osorio-Osorio,
Dulce H. Zetina,
Luis Alberto Aguirre-Uribe
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Southwestern Entomologist
Vol. 41 • No. 3
September 2016
Vol. 41 • No. 3
September 2016