First record of parasitic wasp Trichogramma brassicae Bezdenko, 1968 (Hymenoptera, Trichogrammatidae) in Slovenia

Tanja BOHINC; Stefan SCHMIDT; Juan Carlos MONJE; Stanislav TRDAN

doi:10.14720/aas.2015.105.2.15

Authors

Tanja BOHINC University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Jamnikarjeva 101, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Stefan SCHMIDT Zoologische Staatssammlung, Muenchhausenstr. 21, D-81247, München, Germany
Juan Carlos MONJE Staatliches Museum fUr Naturkunde, Stuttgart, Germany
Stanislav TRDAN University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Jamnikarjeva 101, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14720/aas.2015.105.2.15

Keywords:

Trichogramma brassicae, Hymenoptera, parasitoids, biological control, biological pest control, caterpillars, Slovenia

Abstract

The paper presents the parasitic wasp, which occurrence in Slovenia was first confirmed in August 2014 on egg layers of cabbage moth (Mamestra brassicae) from cabbage. The wasp Trichogrammma brassicae belongs among egg parasitoids and it is especially known as biological control agent of lepidopteran pests. In the beginning the wasp was used for controlling European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis), later it becomes an important biological control agent of some other economically important lepidopteran pests. With the first confirmation of occurrence of T. brassicae in Slovenia first condition for its placing on the List of indegenous biological control agents - it contains the organisms which practical use in Slovenia is allowed - is fulfilled.

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