New host and distribution records of Hemiptarsenus orizae Narendran (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) from Kerala, India

Authors

  • Sreejina Sreedharan Kallyadan
  • Shreevihar Santhosh
  • Mannankadiyan Nasser

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33307/entomon.v50i1.1418

Abstract

Rice leaf folder, Helcystogramma arotraeum (Meyrick, 1894) a major defoliator in Kerala was found parasitoid by a solitary endoparasitoid, Hemiptarsenus orizae Narendran (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae). New host-parasitoid association with distribution records of H. orizae is reported.

Author Biographies

Sreejina Sreedharan Kallyadan

Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kozhikode 673635, Kerala, India.

Shreevihar Santhosh

Department of Zoology, Malabar Christian College, Affiliated to University of Calicut, Kozhikode 673001, Kerala, India

Mannankadiyan Nasser

Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kozhikode 673635, Kerala, India.

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Published

2025-03-31

How to Cite

Kallyadan, S. S., Santhosh, S., & Nasser, M. (2025). New host and distribution records of Hemiptarsenus orizae Narendran (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) from Kerala, India. ENTOMON, 50(1), 89–92. https://doi.org/10.33307/entomon.v50i1.1418

Issue

Vol. 50 No. 1 (2025)

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Short Communications

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