caa a22 4500 397547390 CHVBK 20180308164742.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e19960101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/aesa/89.1.103 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/aesa/89.1.103 Potential of an Unnatural Host, Galleria mellonella (Lepidoptera: Galleriidae), in Rearing the Corn Earworm Endoparasitoid Microplitis croceipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) [Elektronische Daten] [Prem Gupta, Charles R. Dillard, Stephen M. Ferkovich] Females of the endoparasitoid Microplitis croceipes (Cresson) oviposited in early 5th instars of an unnatural host, greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella (L.), after they had been treated with hemolymph and frass from the natural host corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea (Boddie). Third-instar H. zea, similar in size to 5th-instar G. mellonella were used for comparison. Forty-one percent of the G. mellonella larvae were accepted for opposition, and 90% of 3rd instars of the natural host. Parasitoid cocoons weighed 8.30 ± 0.34 mg (mean ± SE) compared with 14.08 ± 0.16 mg from H. zea. Adult emergence was 46.9 and 92.6% on G. mellonella and H. zea, respectively. The sex ratio of parasitoids reared on G. mellonella (40% male to 60% female) was not significantly different from parasitoids reared on H. zea (35% male to 65% female). F1 adults reared on G. mellonella were smaller than those reared on H. zea. When the F1 progeny of G. mellonella-reared parents were reared back on the natural host, H. zea, the resultant adult parasitoids were of normal size. © 1996 Entomological Society of America Physiology, Biochemistry, and Toxicology nationallicence Galleri nationallicence Microjilis nationallicence Helicoverpa zea nationallicence in vivo nationallicence rearing nationallicence parasitoid nationallicence atypical host nationallicence Gupta Prem Insect Attractants, Behavior and Basic Biology, Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Gainesville, FL 32604. aut Dillard Charles R. Insect Attractants, Behavior and Basic Biology, Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Gainesville, FL 32604. aut Ferkovich Stephen M. Insect Attractants, Behavior and Basic Biology, Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Gainesville, FL 32604. aut Annals of the Entomological Society of America Oxford University Press 89/1(1996-01-01), 103-108 0013-8746 89:1<103 1996 89 aesa https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/89.1.103 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/89.1.103 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gupta Prem Insect Attractants, Behavior and Basic Biology, Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Gainesville, FL 32604 aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dillard Charles R. Insect Attractants, Behavior and Basic Biology, Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Gainesville, FL 32604 aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ferkovich Stephen M. Insect Attractants, Behavior and Basic Biology, Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Gainesville, FL 32604 aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Annals of the Entomological Society of America Oxford University Press 89/1(1996-01-01), 103-108 0013-8746 89:1<103 1996 89 aesa Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford