Leaf miners belonging to the family Agromizydae (Diptera) include serious pests of
numerous vegetable crops such as beans, cucumber, potato and crucifers in the world (eg …

Hemiptarsenus varicornis (Girault), a destructive host-feeding wasp, is an important
biocontrol agent/larval ectoparasitoid of agromyzid leafminers worldwide. In the present …

Leafminer insects such as Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess) and L. sativae Blanchard (Diptera:
Agromyzidae) cause serious damage to many agricultural crops (eg, Levins et al., 1975; …

Dipteran leafminers belonging to the family Agromyzidae are serious insect pests for many
vegetable and ornamental crops in Asia including Vietnam and Japan. The parasitoid wasp …

In nature, adult parasitoids feed to obtain and use nutrients for supplementing and/or
replenishing some of their existing array of nutrient reserves. When adults feed on host or …

Diet can have a direct influence on the reproductive success of parasitoid wasps. For
synovigenic parasitoids, the nutrients obtained from floral resources, such as nectar and …

Availability of non-host food can determine the success of biological control through its
effects on parasitoid survivorship. Here, importance of adult food in determining the …

The augmentative releases of mass-reared Aphytis spp.(Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae)
parasitoids are widely used against armored scales. The nutritional status and the initial egg …

The egg parasitoid Trissolcus japonicus is the main candidate for classical biocontrol of the
invasive agricultural pest Halyomorpha halys. The efficacy of classical biocontrol depends …

Anastatus japonicus Ashmead, A. fulloi Sheng, and Wang, and A. dexingensis Sheng and
Wang are vital biocontrol agents for the univoltine litchi stink bug Tessaratoma papillosa …