Superparasitism in cotesia glomerata does not benefit the host plant by reduction of herbivory caused by pieris brassicae. It first appeared in new zealand in 19291930 and was without larval parasitoids until cotesia glomerata l. Innate responses of the parasitoidscotesia glomerata andc. This small braconid wasp is black, with two pairs of wings. Springer nature is making coronavirus research free. The adults are black, 3 mm 18 inch long, and feed on nectar of flowers and juice of cabbage leaves. Pdf islandendemic species can be particularly vulnerable to alien invasion. Cotesia congregata parasitizes the tomato and the tobacco hornworms. Cotesia glomerata also transmits a lethal granulosis virus termed piragv to p. This study investigates the feeding of the parasitoid cotesia glomerata on the floral nectar of anethum graveolens and origanum vulgare and evaluates the nutritional value of these food sources for increasing flight capacity. Cotesia glomerata emerging from pieris brassicae youtube. Does manipulation by the parasitoid wasp cotesia glomerata l.
Dec 25, 2001 neither of the two cotesia species used a count. Nutritional value of floral nectar sources for flight in. Innate responses of the parasitoids cotesia glomerata and c. Cotesia is a genus of braconid wasps first described by peter cameron in 1891.
Some species parasitize caterpillars of species considered as pests. The impact of host aggressiveness on sex allocation by the. Aug 01, 2003 read superparasitism in cotesia glomerata. Attraction of the larval parasitoid cotesia glomerata. Biopesticide properties for cotesia glomerata, including approvals, environmental fate, ecotoxicity and human health issues. Measuring co2 respiration rates in the parasitoid cotesia. We analysed the foraging behaviour of two closely related parasitoid species cotesia rubecula and cotesia glomerata with respect to. Aug 01, 2009 read does manipulation by the parasitoid wasp cotesia glomerata l. An cotesia in nahilalakip ha familia nga braconidae. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Identification of three host translation inhibitory factors.
Chemical analysis revealed five compounds in higher amounts in the infested edges of. Sugar convertibility in the parasitoid cotesia glomerata. Jun 02, 2016 cotesia vestalis teratocytes express a diversity of genes and exhibit novel immune functions in parasitism fei gao, 1 qijuan gu, 1 jing pan, 1 zehua wang, 1 chuanlin yin, 2 fei li, 1 qisheng song, 3 michael r. Media in category apanteles glomeratus the following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total. Nutritional value of floral nectar sources for flight in the. Hymenoptera is a gregarious endoparasitoid that has been known to parasitize the diamondback moth, plutella xylostella jung et al. Pieridae, in cole crops in massachusetts found that a chinese strain of cotesia rubecula hymenoptera. Braconidae was introduced successfully from the united states in 19381939 ferguson 1989. Braconidae, released in 1988, has spread and become the dominant parasitoid of this pest in central and western massachusetts, with an average of 75% parasitism. The previously dominant parasitoid of this host, cotesia. An cotesia glomerata in nahilalakip ha genus nga cotesia, ngan familia nga braconidae.
Semipermissive hosts are not fully susceptible to the immunosuppressant polydnavirus associated with cotesia congregata. Cotesia congregata say is a gregarious endoparasitoid that attacks more than a dozen species of sphingid caterpillars and a few known semipermissive noctuid hosts. Coexistence and niche segregation by field populations of the. The study investigates differences in the oviposition pattern of a braconid parasitoid, cotesia glomerata linn. Hoferer and others published measuring co2 respiration rates in the parasitoid cotesia glomerata find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate.
A horizontally transferred autonomous helitron became a full. Cotesia glomerata is a gregarious endoparasitoid of several species of pierid butterflies. This article is brought to you for free and open access by the entomology. Lack of suitable sugar sources for adult parasitic wasps is an important cause of failure in biological control programs, but the metabolic constraints of sugar feeding are poorly understood. Thus, they exhibit an immune response to some of the. The two cotesia species appear to coexist through niche segregation, since c. Patch exploitation by the parasitoids cotesia rubecula and cotesia. Dec 01, 2017 it is also worth mentioning that, although to our knowledge there is no report of c. Here we investigated the suitability of 11 naturally occurring sugars as energy sources for the parasitoid cotesia glomerata l. Cause attachment behaviour of host caterpillars on cocoon clusters. Female wasps antennatedrorippa indica leaves damaged by feeding ofp. Patch exploitation by the parasitoids cotesia rubecula and cotesia glomerata in multi. A gregarious endoparasitoid wasp, cotesia glomerata, parasitizes the cabbage butterfly, pieris rapae. Cotesia glomerata, the white butterfly parasite, is a small parasitic wasp species belonging to.
The adults of cotesia glomerata can reach a length of 37 millimetres 0. Patch exploitation by the parasitoids cotesia rubecula and. Cotesia glomerata is an important enemy of pieris brassicae and of p. Intrahost competition between parasitoid and virus may then ensue, without any clear winner. Introduction and evaluation of cotesia rubecula, a parasitoid. Poster papers 279 introduction and evaluation of cotesia rubecula, a parasitoid of pieris rapae in new zealand p. Superparasitism in cotesia glomerata does not benefit the host plant. These results suggest that a behavioural defence by host caterpillars affects sex allocation in the parasitoid wasp c. Apr 01, 2002 the small white butterfly pieris rapae l. Pdf foraging of hosthabitat and superparasitism in.
We discuss how patch exploitation by both cotesia species compares to the patch exploitation mechanisms as proposed by waage 1979 and driessen et al. Braconidae cotesia glomerata was introduced to north america in 1883 for the control of the imported cabbageworm on cole crops and has become a major mortality factor of cabbageworm appearance. Cotesia flavipes pdf cotesia is a genus of braconid wasps. Cotesia adults are small about 7 mm, dark wasps and resemble flying ants or tiny flies. During wandering larval stage for pupal metamorphosis, the parasitoid larvae egress from the parasitized host to form cocoons thus eventually leading to death of the host. A survey of the imported cabbageworm, pieris rapae lepidoptera. Biological sciences biological pest control surveys brassicaceae diseases and pests butterflies cruciferae entomology research identification and classification lepidoptera pests biological control wasps. Cotesia glomerata, the white butterfly parasite, is a small parasitic wasp species belonging to family braconidae. Cotesia vestalis teratocytes express a diversity of genes and. It is likely that this aggressive host behaviour disturbed the fertilization process in ovipositing c.
Cotesia glomerata wikimili, the free encyclopedia wikimili, the free encyclopedia. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Interactions between pieris oleracea and pieris rapae. Females sting small caterpillars, generally first instars, to lay eggs inside. Host utilization of tbe endoparasitoid, cotesia glomerata l. Cotesia glomerata, parasite of imported cabbageworm. Cotesia glomerata linnaeus 1758 has the plate of the first. Bulletin state geological and natural history survey of connecticut. Pdf dnabased confirmation that the parasitic wasp cotesia. Nutritional value of floral nectar sources for flight in the parasitoid wasp, cotesia glomerata heike wanner,hainan gu andsilvia dorn institute of plant sciencesapplied entomology, swiss federal institute of technology eth zurich, switzerland. An cotesia glomerata in uska species han hymenoptera nga syahan ginhulagway ni linnaeus hadton 1758. Parasitoids were tentatively identified as cotesia glomerata braconidae, hymenoptera, a widely introduced agricultural bioagent.
Cotesia glomerata, pieris brassicae, superparasitism, food consumption, plant fitness survivorship, oviposition, larval growth. Braconidae to volatiles from different plantherbivore. The previously dominant parasitoid of this host, cotesia glomerata. Biological control of pieris rapae in new england host. This page was last edited on 28 november 2015, at 12. It can parasitize a wide range of pieris butterfly species as host, but pieris brassicae and pieris rapae are the main hosts. Pdf superparasitism in cotesia glomerata does not benefit. Braconidae and its displacement of cotesia glomerata in eastern north america. Host utilization of tbe endoparasitoid,cotesia glomerata l. Cotesia affinis parasitized caterpillars of cerura vinula duration. Cotesia glomerata emerging from pieris brassicae kerry mauck.
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