Host Records of Lipolexis oregmae Gahan (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) with Food Plants in India (A Review Article)
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The present review article deals the association of Lipolexis oregmae Gahan with their aphid host and their food plants for the possible use in biological control programme. Aphids are small sap sucking plant bugs and most important groups of phytophagous insect because of their polymorphism, host alternative heterocious behaviour and reproductive habits, they cause serious problems on agricultural and horticultural plants even at low densities so their management is necessary.
L.oregmae Gahan is very important aphid parasitoids and widely distributed throughout the Asia and considered as an important parasitoids for the biological control programme. It has been successfully introduced in Florida and other areas. It is recorded on 19 aphid species (Aphis (Toxoptera) aurantii, Aphis (Toxoptera) citricidus, Aphis (Toxoptera) odinae, Aphis craccivora, Aphis fabae, Aphis gossypii, Aphis nasturtii, Aphis nerii, Aphis ruborum longisetosus, Aphis solanella, Aphis spiraecola, Greenidae formosana, Liosomaphis himalayensis, Myzus avenae, Myzus (Nectarosiphon) persicae, Rhopalosiphum maidis, Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae, Sitobion avenae, Tuberolachnus salignu) in India on several specific host plants. Its maximum parasitization was recorded on Aphis gossypii infesting (23 host plants), followed by Aphis craccivora (19 host plants), Aphis nasturtii (16 host plants), Aphis spiraecola (13 host plants) and Myzus persicae (9 host plants).
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