Lethal effect of Goniozus legneri on Cactoblastis cactorum: A potential biocontrol agent for inundative releases

Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), the cactus moth, is native to South America with a widespread distribution in Argentina. The larvae consume the interior of Opuntia spp. (Cactaceae) plants. The moth was used as a biocontrol agent against invasive non-native Opuntia spp. in many...

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Main Authors:	Varone, Laura, Faltlhauser, Ana Claudia, Fuentes Corona, Malena, Garrido, Silvina Alejandra, Cichon, Liliana, Cecere, María Carla, Hight, Stephen D., Bruzzone, Octavio Augusto
Format:	info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo
Language:	Inglés
Published:	Cambridge University Press 2024
Subjects:	Biological Control Parasitoids Control Biológico Opuntia Ficus-Indica Goniozus Parasitoides Apanteles Opuntiarum Cactus Moth Goniozus legneri Cactoblastis cactorum
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/19272 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bulletin-of-entomological-research/article/abs/lethal-effect-of-goniozus-legneri-on-cactoblastis-cactorum-a-potential-biocontrol-agent-for-inundative-releases/673E241972CAE6500A55938C95197379# https://doi.org/10.1017/S000748532300069X