Naturalized Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris complement the resident parasitoid complex of Tuta absoluta in North‐eastern Spain

Journal of Applied Entomology, vol. 146, pp. 461–464

Abstract

Abstract Our work reports on the establishment of the neotropical parasitoid Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris Marsh (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) for the first time in Europe. This larval parasitoid has been recorded in samples collected in commercial tomato crops in Catalonia (North‐eastern Spain) from 2016 to the present. Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris is considered to be a new biocontrol agent among the resident parasitoid complex of Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae).

Authors 10

1. Carmen Denis

   Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology

   Affiliation as printed

   Sustainable Plant Protection Program, IRTA Cabrils Spain

   Sustainable Plant Protection Program, IRTA Cabrils Spain

2. Jordi Riudavets

   Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology

   Affiliation as printed

   Sustainable Plant Protection Program, IRTA Cabrils Spain

   Sustainable Plant Protection Program, IRTA Cabrils Spain

3. Òscar Alomar

   Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology

   Affiliation as printed

   Sustainable Plant Protection Program, IRTA Cabrils Spain

   Sustainable Plant Protection Program, IRTA Cabrils Spain

4. Núria Agustí

   Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology

   Affiliation as printed

   Sustainable Plant Protection Program, IRTA Cabrils Spain

   Sustainable Plant Protection Program, IRTA Cabrils Spain

5. Helena Gonzalez‐Valero
   Affiliation as printed

   Federació Selmar Santa Susanna Spain

6. Martina Cubí
   Affiliation as printed

   Federació Selmar Santa Susanna Spain

7. Montserrat Matas
   Affiliation as printed

   ADV Baix Maresme Vilassar de Mar Spain

   ADV Baix Maresme Vilassar de Mar Spain

8. David Rodríguez

   Organización Nacional de Ciegos Españoles

   Affiliation as printed

   Agrícola Maresme Segle XXI Olèrdola Spain

9. Kees van Achterberg Aachen Naturalis Biodiversity Center Leiden The Netherlands

   Naturalis Biodiversity Center

   Affiliation as printed

   Naturalis Biodiversity Center Leiden The Netherlands

   Naturalis Biodiversity Center Leiden The Netherlands

10. Judit Arnó corresponding

    Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology

    Affiliation as printed

    Sustainable Plant Protection Program, IRTA Cabrils Spain

    Sustainable Plant Protection Program, IRTA Cabrils Spain