Folia entomologica hungarica

Author(s): Todorov, I., Toshova, T. & Tóth, M.
Title: First record of Pteromalus varians (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) parasitizing on Tischeria ekebladella (Lepidoptera: Tischeriidae) in Hungary
Year: 2014
Volume: 75
Pages: 133-138.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17112/FoliaEntHung.2014.75.133

Abstract: Pteromalus varians (Spinola, 1808) is firstly recorded from Quercus leaves, mined by the trumpet leafminer moth Tischeria ekebladella (Bjerkander, 1795) in forests near Budapest, Hungary. A total of 392 parasitoids were reared in laboratory conditions, from which 14 females and 362 males belong to P. varians. A short review on the host range of P. varians is given. Known biological relationships of Tischeria to some other pteromalids and a possible similarity between host ranges of P. varians and Pteromalus semotus are also commented. With 2 figures.
Keywords: Hungary, parasitoids, Pteromalus varians, Tischeria ekebladella, host, arrhenotoky, thelytoky

Journal: Folia entomologica hungarica
Journal abbreviation: Folia ent. hung.
ISSN: 0373-9465
Publisher: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest
Editor(s): Merkl, O.