First report of Zethus schadei (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) as natural enemy of Hypsipyla grandella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from Colombia

John Alexander Pulgarín Díaz; Lucas Esteban Cano Gallego; Andres Fabián Herrera-Florez; Jhon Alveiro Quiroz Gamboa

doi:10.21829/azm.2018.3412119

Authors

John Alexander Pulgarín Díaz Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria - CORPOICA. Centro de Investigación El Nus – Vereda ICA, Corregimiento San José del Nus, municipio de San Roque, Antioquia, Colombia.
Lucas Esteban Cano Gallego Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria - CORPOICA. Centro de Investigación El Nus – Vereda ICA, Corregimiento San José del Nus, municipio de San Roque, Antioquia, Colombia.
Andres Fabián Herrera-Florez University of Manitoba, Department of Entomology, 214 Animal Science Bldg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2
Jhon Alveiro Quiroz Gamboa Museo Entomológico Francisco Luis Gallego, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia-Sede Medellín, Colombia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21829/azm.2018.3412119

Abstract

Zethus schadei Bohart & Stange is reported for the first time for Colombia and as a natural enemy of Hypsipyla grandella. The specimens were obtained from terminal shoots of Cedrela odorata L. (Meliaceae) in a plantation in the municipality of San Roque, Antioquia, Colombia.

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