Parasitoids and predators associated with Syntomeida epilais (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) on oleander

The oleander caterpillar, Syntomeida epilais, is attacked in Florida by various generalist parasitoids including the tachinids Lespesia aletia and Chetogena (=Euphorocera) floridensis and the chalcidid Brachymeria incerta (new host record). Fire ants, Solenopsis invicta, a predatory pentatomid, Podi...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Florida entomologist 1995-09, Vol.78 (3), p.543-546
Hauptverfasser: McAuslane, H.J. (University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.), Bennett, F.D
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The oleander caterpillar, Syntomeida epilais, is attacked in Florida by various generalist parasitoids including the tachinids Lespesia aletia and Chetogena (=Euphorocera) floridensis and the chalcidid Brachymeria incerta (new host record). Fire ants, Solenopsis invicta, a predatory pentatomid, Podisus maculiventris, and pathogens also attack S. epilais.
ISSN:0015-4040
1938-5102
DOI:10.2307/3495542