(IPPM) in Vegetables - Vegetableipmasia.org

Resource Manual on IPPM in Vegetable
World Education Philippines, Inc.
Name: Euplectrus sp.
Family: Eulophidae
Order: Hymenoptera
These parasitoids are shown attached to a host larva, Spodoptera
litura. The adult parasitoid lays its eggs on the outside of the
hosts body. Hatching larvae attach themselves to their hosts by
using their mouth hooks. They pupate in cocoons against the
body of the dead host.
Name: Glyptapanteles phytometrae (Wilkinson)
Family: Braconidae
Order: Hymenoptera
This braconid parasitoid emerges from its looper host, Chrysodeixis chalcites. A pupal
cocoon is shown beside its dead host larva on a soybean leaf.
Name: Cotesia sp.
Family: Braconidae
Order: Hymenoptera
Parasitoids in this genus attack several host species. The
pictures show newly formed pupal cocoons around and
underneath the dead host larva of the soybean leaffolder,
Omiodes indicata. Chrysodeixis chalcites is also a host
for this group of parasitoids as is Thysanoplusia
orichalcea and the lymantriid, Orgyia sp.
Name: Cotesia plutellae or
Kurdjumov
cocoon
Family:
Braconidae
Order: Hymenoptera
This parasitoid attacks the diamondback moth on crucifer crops.
It is especially important in the lowlands where Diadegema
semiclausum may not be as effective. A cocoon is shown here
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