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Article Category: Research Article
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Online Publication Date: 01 Jul 1998

Survey of Parasitoids of the European Corn Borer (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Southwestern Kentucky

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Page Range: 256 – 260
DOI: 10.18474/0749-8004-33.3.256
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The European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), is a major maize pest throughout the maize-growing regions of the U.S. A survey was conducted to determine the parasitoids of European corn borer in southwestern Kentucky, the major maize producing region in the state. Two species, Lixophaga variabilis (Coquillett) (Diptera: Tachinidae) and Eriobus terebrans Gravenhorst (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), were found. The most abundant species was the native L. variabilis. Only one E. terebrans was collected.

Copyright: © 1998 Georgia Entomological Society, Inc.

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2CES—Natural Resources, P.O. Box 3468, Monticello, AR 71656.

3Research and Education Center, P.O. Box 469, Princeton, KY 42445-0469.

Received: 24 Mar 1996
Accepted: 21 Apr 1998
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