Primeiro relato de Trichogramma bruni Nagaraja (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) parasitando ovos de Urbanus proteus (L.) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) em feijão-vagem

Abstract

Aiming to verify the presence of eggs parasitoids of the genus Trichogramma, for using in the biological control of insects pests, were collected eggs from long tailed skipper butterfly, a lepidopteran defoliator of snap beans, which presented eggs with parasitism characteristics (dark eggs). The eggs were taken to the laboratory were 44.9% of parasitism was verified. Viability was 96.3%, with an average of 6.6 individuals per egg and a sexual ratio of 0.93. Male specimens were identified as Trichogramma bruni Nagaraja. It is the first report of parasitism in this host and culture.