Effect of ethofenprox, cartap hydrochloride and endosulfan on the incidence of two major parasitoids Aprostocetus purpureus Cameron (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) and Tachardiaephagus tachardiae Howard (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) on lac crop

Studies on the effect of three insecticides viz., ethofenprox, cartap hydrochloride and endosulfan on the survival of lac insects and the incidence of its parasitoids viz., A. purpureus and T. tachardiae on rainy season rangeeni lac crop growing on Butea monosperma revealed that incidence of these parasitoids was not affected by these insecticides.