caa a22 4500 606162054 CHVBK 20210128100637.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10526-014-9627-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10526-014-9627-2 Development of two related endoparasitoids in larvae of the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) [Elektronische Daten] [Miriama Malcicka, Jeffrey Harvey] We compare the growth and development of two related solitary endoparasitoids (Braconidae, Microgastinae) in different instars (second and third) of the diamondback moth Plutella xylostella. Cotesia vestalis is a well-studied parasitoid whose larvae feed primarily on host hemolymph and fat body whereas Dolichogenidea sicaria is a parasitoid whose larvae consume the entire host caterpillar before pupation. Little is known about the biology of D. sicaria including its association with P. xylostella. When developing in L2 and L3 host instars, survival of both parasitoids to adult was similar. However, development time was longer in D. sicaria than in C. vestalis but the adult wasps were also larger. Both species were protandrous and exhibit sexual size dimorphism, where females were the larger sex. Our results suggest that D. sicaria is a promising new biological control agent of P. xylostella, augmenting better studied parasitoids such as C. vestalis. International Organization for Biological Control (IOBC), 2014 Cotesia vestalis nationallicence Development time nationallicence Dolichogenidea sicaria nationallicence Fitness nationallicence Size nationallicence Survival nationallicence Malcicka Miriama Section Animal Ecology, Department of Ecological Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands aut Harvey Jeffrey Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Droevendaalsesteeg 10, 6700 EH, Wageningen, The Netherlands aut BioControl Springer Netherlands 60/2(2015-04-01), 149-155 1386-6141 60:2<149 2015 60 10526 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-014-9627-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-014-9627-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Malcicka Miriama Section Animal Ecology, Department of Ecological Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Harvey Jeffrey Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Droevendaalsesteeg 10, 6700 EH, Wageningen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- BioControl Springer Netherlands 60/2(2015-04-01), 149-155 1386-6141 60:2<149 2015 60 10526