Tachinid (Diptera, Tachinidae) parasitoids of Lobesia botrana (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) and other moths

By

Scaramozzino, Pier Luigi
Di Giovanni, Filippo
Loni, Augusto
Gisondi, Silvia
Lucchi, Andrea
Cerretti, Pierfilippo

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

934

Pages

111--140

Subjects

Biological control , Cacoecimorpha pronubana , Daphne gnidium , Ephestia unicolorella subsp. woodiella , Erebidae , Euproctis chrysorrhoea , puparia , Quercus spp , Tortrix viridana , Vitis vinifera

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.934.50823

 

Abstract

The present paper reports data on the biology of eleven species of tachinid flies collected in Italy and Spain on different host plants and emerged from different host larvae. An annotated list of the eleven species emerged from the collected lepidopterans is provided; information about distribution and biology are given as well as the description of their puparia. Two new parasitoid species of the European Grapevine Moth (EGVM) Lobesia botrana were recorded: Clemelis massilia, whose host preferences were unknown so far, and Neoplectops pomonellae. A list of lepidopteran pest species with their associated plants and tachinid parasitoids is then given in order to highlight the relationships among the three components of the biocenosis (plant, herbivore and parasitoid). Eventually, due to the great economic importance of L. botrana in viticulture, a preliminary identification key to the puparia of its tachinid parasitoids is provided.