First Record of Telenomus dilophonotae (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae), Parasitizing Eggs of Erinnyis ello (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) in Western Parana, Brazil, with Molecular Characterization and Records of Occurrences

Author(s)

Wengrat, Ana Paula G. S. ; Carvalho, Leidiane Coelho ; Pietrowski, Vanda ; Schoeninger, Karine ; Costa, Valmir Antonio ; Johnson, Norman F.

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Neotropical Entomology; v. 53, n. 5, p. 6-pg., 2024-07-15.

Abstract

There are few records for Telenomus dilophonotae Cameron, 1913 (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae) from South America. In Brazil, the first occurrence was reported in Bahia in rubber crops, Hevea brasiliensis (Willd. ex Adr. de Juss.) Muell. - Arg., there parasitizing eggs of Erinnyis ello Linnaeus, 1758 (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). It was also found parasitizing the same host in cassava, Manihot esculenta Crantz (Euphorbiaceae). This is the first record of occurrence of T. dilophonotae in the state of Parana, parasitizing eggs of E. ello in areas of cassava production in the western region of Parana, this being the southernmost record of the species. Here, photographs, the first sequence of DNA barcode of this species of parasitoid wasp, and a distribution map are provided. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 18/02317-5 - Center for Excellence in Biological Control
• Grantee: José Roberto Postali Parra
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Research Centers in Engineering Program
• FAPESP's process: 18/18965-6 - Key to identification of egg parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae, Encyrtidae, Eurytomidae) of Pentatomidae (Hemiptera) of economic interest in Brazil
• Grantee: Valmir Antonio Costa
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research
• FAPESP's process: 17/50334-3 - Institutional research development plan (PDIp): modernization and adequacy of strategic multi-user units of the Instituto Biológico
• Grantee: Ana Eugênia de Carvalho Campos
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - State Research Institutes Modernization Program
• FAPESP's process: 20/16051-7 - Neorileya ashmeadi Crawford and N. flavipes Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae): two species or a single, variable one?
• Grantee: Karine Schoeninger
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral