Traps for Collecting Adult Parasites of the Gypsy Moth13
- 1 April 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 70 (2) , 247-249
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/70.2.247
Abstract
Adult parasites of the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar (L.), were collected in Malaise, McPhail, and sticky-tube traps located within 3 vertical strata, tree crown, bole, and grouud. A total of 37,924 adults belonging to the families Braconidae, Chalcididae, Ichncumonidae, Sarcophagidae, and Tachinidae was collected. Malaise traps collected 99% of the Hymenoptera and 100% of the ichneumonid and braconid parasites of the gypsy moth. Malaise and McPhail traps collected 71 aud 27%, respectively, of the tachinid parasitcs of the gypsy moth. The relative abundance of the captured tachinids Compsilura concinnata (Meigen), Blepharipa pratensis (Meigen), and parasetigena silvestris (Robineau-Desvoidy) depended upon the type of trap.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: