A survey on pupae parasitoid species of Dendrolimushoui (Lajonquiere) (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae) in China

Cryptomeriajaponicavar.sinensis Miquel in south China is currently overwhelmingly infested by a native caterpillar species, (Lepidoptera), which is causing severe economic losses and ecological disasters in both planted and natural forests. Our results include report of five parasitoid species and eight parasitoid flies within and a dominant endoparasitoid species , which attacks pupae of with a high parasitism rate. This result might be helpful to improve better identification and application in the future for potential biological control of in the forests of east Asia.