Two species of the genus Elachertus Spinola (Hym.: Eulophidae) new larval ectoparasitoids of Tuta absoluta (Meyreck) (Lep.: Gelechidae)

This is the first report of two ectoparasitoid wasps, Elachertus inunctus (Nees, 1834) in Iran and Elachertus pulcher (Erdös, 1961) (Hym.: Eulophidae) in the world, that parasitize larvae of the tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick, 1917) (Lep.: Gelechiidae). The specimens were collected from t...

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Main Authors: Fatemeh Yarahmadi, Zohreh Salehi, Hossein Lotfalizadeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Tarbiat Modares 2016-09-01
Series:Journal of Crop Protection
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Online Access:http://jcp.modares.ac.ir/article-3-8943-en.html