Journal of Biological Control
  • Year: 2010
  • Volume: 24
  • Issue: 4

A new species of Trichogramma (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) from South India

  • Author:
  • H. Nagaraja, Prashanth Mohanraj
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 297 to 299

National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Insects, Post Bag No. 2491, H. A. Farm Post, Bellary Road, Hebbal, Bangalore, 560 024, Karnataka, India, E-mails: kdrnagaraja@yahoo.com; veenaprashi@rediffmail.com.

Abstract

Trichogramma danaidiphaga sp. nov., a new egg parasitoid of Danaus chrysippus (L.) on Calotropis gigantea is described. Particulars of other insect hosts and host plants are also furnished.

Keywords

Trichogramma danaidiphaga, Danaus chrysippus, Calotropis gigantea