New record of Apsilops scotinus (Tosquinet) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae) from India

Authors

  • K. Karthikeyan Regional Agricultural Research Station, KAU, Pattambi, Kerala
  • J. Poorani National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Insects (ICAR ), Bengaluru, Karnataka 560024, India.
  • M. C. Narayanankutty Regional Agricultural Research Station, KAU, Pattambi, Kerala

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33307/entomon.v39i1.39

Keywords:

Rice case worm, Parapoynx stagnalis, Parasitioid, Apsilops scotinus

Abstract

Incidence of a species of Apsilops was noted as a parasitioid of rice case worm Parapoynx stagnalis (Zeller), in Pattambi, Kerala, India, in large numbers. It was a larval-pupal parasitoid attacking 4 th to 5 th instar larvae. This species has been identified as A. scotinus (Tosquinet) and is new record from India.

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2015-02-27

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Karthikeyan, K., Poorani, J., & Narayanankutty, M. C. (2015). New record of Apsilops scotinus (Tosquinet) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae) from India. ENTOMON, 39(1), 63–66. https://doi.org/10.33307/entomon.v39i1.39

Issue

Vol. 39 No. 1 (2014)

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Short Communications

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