EJPAU 2009. Górska-Drabik E. NATURAL REGULATION OF THE APPLE LEAF-MINING MOTH POPULATIONS IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF HABITATS

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Volume 12
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Górska-Drabik E. 2009. NATURAL REGULATION OF THE APPLE LEAF-MINING MOTH POPULATIONS IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF HABITATS, EJPAU 12(3), #08.
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NATURAL REGULATION OF THE APPLE LEAF-MINING MOTH POPULATIONS IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF HABITATS

Edyta Górska-Drabik
Department of Entomology, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland

ABSTRACT

The species composition of parasitoids and the degree
of parasitization of leaf-mining moths feeding apple trees in habitats of different
anthropogenic pressure was studied during three growing seasons. Twenty six species
of parasitoid hymenopterans from the superfamily Chalcidoidea and the
families: Braconidae and Ichneumonidae were obtained. Parasitoids
from the family Eulophidae played the greatest role in parasitization
of leaf-mining moths. At untreated sites, hymenopterans parasitisized 15.5% of
hosts, while at the treated orchard, parasitization rate was 5.2%. Among founded
parasitoids, the highest ecological tolerance showed Cirrospilus vittatus and Sympiesis
gregori (obtained only from the treated orchards) and Sympies sericeicornis, Pnigalio
pectinicornis and Apanteles xanthostigma occurring in both studied
types of habitats.

Key words: Lepidoptera, mining moths, Hymenoptera parasitica, Chalcidoidea, Ichneumonidae, Braconidae, parasitoid, parasitization, apple tree.

Edyta Górska-Drabik
Department of Entomology,
University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland
Króla Leszczyńskiego 7, 20-069 Lublin, Poland
email: edyta.drabik@up.lublin.pl

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