Skip to main content
ARS Home » Northeast Area » Beltsville, Maryland (BARC) » Beltsville Agricultural Research Center » Systematic Entomology Laboratory » Research » Publications at this Location » Publication #367558
Research Project: Systematics of Moths Significant to Biodiversity, Quarantine, and Control, with a Focus on Invasive Species

Location: Systematic Entomology Laboratory

Title: Eiphosoma dentator (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), first report as a parasitoid of cactus-feeding Loxomorpha flavidissimalis Grote (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in northeastern Mexico

Author
item GAONA-GARCIA, GRISELDA - University Of Tamaulipas
item VANOYE-ELIGIO, VENANCIO - University Of Tamaulipas
item LARA-VILLALON, M. - University Of Tamaulipas
item RUIZ-CANCINO, ENRIQUE - University Of Tamaulipas
item SANCHEZ-RAMOS, G. - University Of Tamaulipas
item Solis, M Alma

Submitted to: Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington
Publication Type: Research Notes
Publication Acceptance Date: 11/27/2019
Publication Date: 5/11/2019
Citation: Gaona-Garcia, G., Vanoye-Eligio, V., Lara-Villalon, M., Ruiz-Cancino, E., Sanchez-Ramos, G., Solis, M.A. 2019. Eiphosoma dentator (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), first report as a parasitoid of cactus-feeding Loxomorpha flavidissimalis Grote (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in northeastern Mexico. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 122(2):515-518.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.122.2.515

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: This is the first report of E. dentator parasitizing larvae and pupae of L. flavidissimalis, the cactus webworm, feeding on cultivated cactus in northeastern Mexico.