Journal of Crop Protection

Two species of the genus Elachertus Spinola (Hym.: Eulophidae) new larval ectoparasitoids of Tuta absoluta (Meyreck) (Lep.: Gelechidae)

10.48311/jcp.2016.1284
Volume 5, Issue 3
September 2016
Pages 413-418
Journal of Crop Protection

Authors

F. Yarahmadi 1
Z. Salehi 1
H. Lotfalizadeh 2

1 Ramin Agriculture and Natural Resources University, Mollasani, Ahvaz, Iran.

2 East-Azarbaijan Research Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Tabriz, Iran.

Abstract
This is the first report of two ectoparasitoid wasps, Elachertus inunctus (Nees, 1834) in Iran and Elachertus pulcher (Erdös, 1961) (Hym.: Eulophidae) in the world, that parasitize larvae of the tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick, 1917) (Lep.: Gelechiidae). The specimens were collected from tomato fields and greenhouses in Ahwaz, Khouzestan province (south west of Iran). Both species are new records for fauna of Iran. The knowledge about these parasitoids is still scanty. The potential of these parasitoids for biological control of T. absoluta in tomato fields and greenhouses should be investigated.

Keywords

tomato leaf miner
parasitoids
Identification
Biological control
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