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First Report of Exorista xanthaspis (Wiedemann, 1830) (Diptera: Tachinidae), A Larval-Pupal Parasitoid on Invasive Pest, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) in Maize from India


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1 ICAR–National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Post Bag No. 2491, H. A. Farm Post, Bellary Road, Hebbal, Bengaluru − 560 024, Karnataka, India
 

For the first time, the tachinid fly, Exorista xanthaspis (Wiedemann, 1830) (Diptera: Tachinidae), was found to parasitize the larvae of fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) collected from maize fields in Karnataka, India. The field survey conducted during 2018-19 revealed the occurrence of E. xanthaspis on the larvae of S. frugiperda with the parasitism rate of 1.85 to 4.55% in maize fields. The identity of tachinid parasitoid was confirmed by amplifying Cytochrome Oxidase I gene (CO1-658 bp) and DNA.


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Parasitoid, Spodoptera frugiperda, Tachinid Fly.
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  • First Report of Exorista xanthaspis (Wiedemann, 1830) (Diptera: Tachinidae), A Larval-Pupal Parasitoid on Invasive Pest, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) in Maize from India

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Authors

Omprakash Navik
ICAR–National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Post Bag No. 2491, H. A. Farm Post, Bellary Road, Hebbal, Bengaluru − 560 024, Karnataka, India
T. Venkatesan
ICAR–National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Post Bag No. 2491, H. A. Farm Post, Bellary Road, Hebbal, Bengaluru − 560 024, Karnataka, India
T. R. Ashika
ICAR–National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Post Bag No. 2491, H. A. Farm Post, Bellary Road, Hebbal, Bengaluru − 560 024, Karnataka, India

Abstract


For the first time, the tachinid fly, Exorista xanthaspis (Wiedemann, 1830) (Diptera: Tachinidae), was found to parasitize the larvae of fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) collected from maize fields in Karnataka, India. The field survey conducted during 2018-19 revealed the occurrence of E. xanthaspis on the larvae of S. frugiperda with the parasitism rate of 1.85 to 4.55% in maize fields. The identity of tachinid parasitoid was confirmed by amplifying Cytochrome Oxidase I gene (CO1-658 bp) and DNA.


Keywords


Parasitoid, Spodoptera frugiperda, Tachinid Fly.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18311/jbc%2F2020%2F24933