| Summary: | Some
biological characteristics of the herbivorous Archips rosana (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), Melitaea didyma (Esper) (Lep.:
Nymphalidae), Melitaea cinxia
(Linnaeus) (Lep.: Nymphalidae), Allophyes
oxyacanthae (Linnaeus) (Lep.: Noctuidae), Aporia crataegi (Linnaeus) (Lep.: Pieridae), Periclistus brandtii (Ratzeburg) (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae), Lymantria dispar (Linnaeus) (Lep.:
Erebidae) and Mustha spinosula
(Lefèbvre) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) obtained from Thrace Region during field
studies in the period of 2013-2016 were monitored in laboratory conditions and
the observations were evaluated. The carnivorous behaviour of A. rosana and M. didyma larvae, egg production by adult females of A. oxyacanthae through parthenogenesis, the defense/predatory
behaviour of M. spinosula adults on L. dispar larvae and the association of P. brandtii with Pyrus communis (Linnaeus) plant are the observations reported for
the first time. Furthermore, from Melitaea
cinxia larva, the parasitoid Erycia
festinans (Meigen) (Diptera: Tachinidae) emerged. E. festinans is a new record for Diptera fauna of Turkey.
Correspondingly, M. cinxia and E. festinans is a new host-parasitoid
association for Turkey.
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