Parasitic wasps related to Prays oleae (Bernard, 1788) (Lepidoptera, Praydidae) in olive orchards in Greece

By

Alissandrakis, Eleftherios
Psirofonia, Panagiota
Kavallieratos, Nickolas Gerassimos, 1969-
Stankovic, Sasa
Žikić, Vladimir

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

773

Pages

143-154

Subjects

Diptera , Greece , Hymenoptera , parasitoids , Prays oleae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.773.25402

 

Abstract

The olive moth,Praysoleae(Bernard, 1788) (Lepidoptera: Praydidae) is categorised among the most devastating insect pests of olives, whose anthophagous and carpophagous generations can cause yield loss up to 581 and 846 kg of fruit per ha, respectively. In this study, results of the captured parasitoids in olive tree (OleaeuropaeaLinnaeus, 1753) orchards, or infested olive plant material in Crete, Greece, is presented. Five of the six identified species captured in trap devices are related toP.oleae, i.e.,ChelonuselaeaphilusSilvestri, 1908,Chelonuspellucens(Nees, 1816),Apantelesxanthostigma(Haliday, 1834),Diadegmaarmillatum(Gravenhorst, 1829), andExochuslentipesGravenhorst, 1829. The speciesEupelmusurozonusDalman, 1820 andPnigaliomediterraneusFerrière & Delucchi, 1957 were reared from infestedP.oleaeleaves.Chelonuspellucensis reported for the first time from Greece. According to the international literature, 59 hymenopterous and dipterous parasitoid species are associated withP.oleaein Europe.