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Type: Article
Published: 2015-06-23
Page range: 431–439
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Taxonomy of Fulgoraecia melanoleuca (Fletcher, 1939), (Lepidoptera: Epipyropidae) in India, a biological control agent of Pyrilla perpusilla (Walker) (Hemiptera: Lophopidae)

Central Muga Eri Research and Training Institute, Central Silk Board, Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India, Lahdoigarh 785700, Jorhat, Assam (India).
Central Sericultural Research & Training Institute, Central Silk Board, Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India, Gallandar Pampore 192121. Kashmir, J&K.
Central Muga Eri Research and Training Institute, Central Silk Board, Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India, Lahdoigarh 785700, Jorhat, Assam (India).
Network Project on Insect Biosystematics, Division of Entomology, Indian Agricultural Research and Training Institute, New Delhi 110012.
Ectoparasite F. melanoleuca parasitism morphology genitalic structures

Abstract

The parasitic lepidopteran insect, Fulgoraecia melanoleuca (Fletcher) has been reported as an ectoparasitoid of Pyrilla perpusilla (Walker) from the Indian subcontinent. For the first time, the complete morphology, field biology, egg laying behavior, larval pupal, and adult morphology, including male and female gentialic features, are described and illustrated.