caa a22 4500 397547536 CHVBK 20180308164742.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e19960101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/aesa/89.1.47 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/aesa/89.1.47 Similarity of the Hyperparasitoid Communities Attacking Two Strains of a Gypsy Moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) Primary Parasitoid, Cotesia melanoscela (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) [Elektronische Daten] [A. M. Wieber, S. P. Cook, R. E. Webb, R. C. Reardon, K. M. Tatman] Cocoons of the U.S. strain and the Korean strain of the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar (L.), primary parasitoid, Cotesia melanoscela (Ratzeburg), were placed at 3 sites in Maryland to examine the hyperparasitoid community that use the cocoons. The Korean strain produces a larger silk halo surrounding the cocoon that may provide protection against parasitism by individual species in the hyperparasitoid community which is not available to the U.S. strain. There were differences in species composition of the hyperparasitoid community among sites, but not between strains at a single site. There was little or no difference in measurements of the hyperparasitoid communities (species richness, percentage of niche use, species diversity, and species evenness) attacking the U.S. and Korean strains. The extended halo associated with the Korean strain cocoons does not appear to offer any additional protection against parasitism by the hyperparasitoid community present at these sites. © 1996 Entomological Society of America Ecology and Population Biology nationallicence Lymantria dispar nationallicence Cotesia melanoscela nationallicence hyperparasitoid nationallicence species diversity nationallicence community ecology nationallicence Wieber A. M. Maryland Department of Agriculture, Annapolis, MD 21401. aut Cook S. P. Insect Biocontrol Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Building 402, BARC-East, Beltsville, MD 20705. aut Webb R. E. Insect Biocontrol Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Building 402, BARC-East, Beltsville, MD 20705. aut Reardon R. C. NationaI Center of Forest Health Management, USDA-Forest Service, 180 Canfield Street, Morgantown, WV 26505. aut Tatman K. M. Maryland Department of Agriculture, Annapolis, MD 21401. aut Annals of the Entomological Society of America Oxford University Press 89/1(1996-01-01), 47-52 0013-8746 89:1<47 1996 89 aesa https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/89.1.47 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/89.1.47 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wieber A. M. Maryland Department of Agriculture, Annapolis, MD 21401 aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cook S. P. Insect Biocontrol Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Building 402, BARC-East, Beltsville, MD 20705 aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Webb R. E. Insect Biocontrol Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Building 402, BARC-East, Beltsville, MD 20705 aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Reardon R. C. NationaI Center of Forest Health Management, USDA-Forest Service, 180 Canfield Street, Morgantown, WV 26505 aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tatman K. M. Maryland Department of Agriculture, Annapolis, MD 21401 aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Annals of the Entomological Society of America Oxford University Press 89/1(1996-01-01), 47-52 0013-8746 89:1<47 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