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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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Abstract

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.

Vidal Hernández-García, Hipólito Ramírez-Ramírez, Rodolfo Osorio-Osorio, Dulce H. Zetina, and Luis Alberto Aguirre-Uribe "First Report of Siphosturmia rafaeli (Townsend) as a Parasitoid of Diatraea saccharalis (Crambidae) at Tabasco, México," Southwestern Entomologist 41(3), 879-882, (1 September 2016). https://doi.org/10.3958/059.041.0331
Published: 1 September 2016
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