One of the most important relationships in parasitoid behavioural ecology is that between
adult female size and fitness. However, surprisingly few studies have attempted to assess …

As a serious defoliator of the coconut trees in India, Srilanka, Bangladesh and Myanmar, the
blackheaded caterpillar pest of coconut, Opisina arenosella Walker (= Nephantis serinopa …

Parasitoids have been successfully used in augmentative biocontrol against a wide range of
agricultural pests. Trichogramma egg parasitoids are the most widely produced and utilized …

Many insects cause economic loss to the cultivated crops, forest crops, stored products and
domestic animals. These are called as pests. They have enormous capacity to multiply and …

Wasps in the superfamily Chalcidoidea are ecologically and economically important
parasitoids for the biocontrol of insect pests and represent 33% of the entire parasitic …

The superfamily Chalcidoidea, members of which are commonly known as chalcids, is one
of the largest and species-rich groups of insects belonging to the order Hymenoptera. They …

ABSTRACT Remadevi, OK, Abdurahiman, U. C, Mohamed, UVK and Beena, CG (1980).
Biology and behaviour of Trichospilus pupivora (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) with a note on …

Many coconut producing countries in Asia are facing a serious infestation of Opisina
arenosella (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) or commonly called the coconut black-headed …

Screening of 23 species of lepidopteran caterpillars for parasitization by Goniozus
nephantidis in the laboratory revealed successful parasitization and development by the …

This thesis examines the relationship between insect life history and behavioural decisions
and underlying cellular biochemistry, with particular focus on bethylid parasitoid wasps in …