PARASITOIDS AND PARASITES OF SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE) IN THE AMERICAS AND CARIBBEAN BASIN: AN INVENTORY

By J. Molina-Ochoa, J. Carpenter, E. Heinrichs, J. E. Foster. 2003

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Abstract An inventory of parasitoids and parasites of fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith), was conducted using references describing parasitized FAW eggs, larvae, pupae and adults collected from different crops or habitats throughout the Americas and the Caribbean Basin. The crops and countries where these parasites were reported occurring in the Americas is also inventoried. Maize was the crop where the FAW was more frequently collected followed by rice. Overall, Chelonus insularis (Cresson) had the broadest natural distribution in the Americas. For the North American region C. insulares, Chelonus sp., and Euplectrus platyhypenae (Howard) were the most relevant parasitoids. In Central America, C. insularis was the most prevalent parasitoid, and in the South American region the most prevalent parasites were Archytas incertus (Macq.), A. marmoratus (Tns.), C. insularis, and Meteorus laphygmae (Viereck). Diapetimorpha introita (Cresson) is the most important pupal parasitoid of FAW occurring mainly in North America. An acugutturid, Noctuidonema guyanense (Remillet & Silvain), is the most important ectoparasitic nematode attacking adults of FAW and other noctuid moths in South and Southeastern US, and Mexico in North America, Caribbean Basin, Central America, and Northern South America.

Subfields: Insect Science, Molecular Biology

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Citations in the corpus

• Fall armyworm in Africa: a guide for integrated pest management (2018, background): “Molina-Ochoa J, Carpenter JE, Heinrichs EA, Foster JE (2003) Parasitoids and parasites of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in the Americas and Caribbean Basin: an inventory.”
• Biology, invasion and management of the agricultural invader: Fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) (2021, methodology): “2009), and pupae parasitoids (Diapetimorpha introit and Ichneumon promissorius) (Molina-Ochoa et al. 2003) were widely used to control FAW.”
• Activity of Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae) against Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) (2010, methodology): “frugiperda represents a pest of many crops (Kumar and Mihm 2002; Molina et al., 2003), it has been used as a model species for testing for the insecticidal and insectistatic activities of many plants (Céspedes et al.”
• Parasitoids attacking fall armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in sweet corn habitats (2016, unknown): “Cotesia marginiventris also has a wide geographic range, with records from 11 countries documented (Molina-Ochoa et al., 2003).”
• Natural Enemies of the Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Ghana (2020, background): “There have been surveys for natural enemies of fall armyworm in the USA (Hogg et al. 1982; Ashley 1986; Meagher et al. 2016), Mexico and Central America (Castro & Pitre 1989; Molina-Ochoa et al. 2003), and South America (Beserra et al. 2002; Murúa et al. 2009).”
• POPULATION DYNAMICS OF THE FALL ARMYWORM, SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE) AND ITS PARASITOIDS IN NORTHWESTERN ARGENTINA (2006, background): “FAW has a diverse complex of natural enemies in the Americas and the Caribbean basin (Ashley 1979; Ashley et al. 1982; Molina-Ochoa et al. 2003).”