Document Type
Peer-Review Article
Abstract
Between 2010 and 2012, approximately 6,300 Spathius agrili Yang (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and 9,500 Tetrastichus planipennisi Yang (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) parasitoids were released for biological control of the invasive emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire, at Cacapon State Park and the Cool Front Development in Morgan County, West Virginia. The invasive beetle was first detected there in 2009, and extensive ash mortality is currently occurring. We conducted parasitoid recovery surveys in 2013 but did not recover either of the released parasitoid species. However, we did rear Balcha indica Mani and Kaul (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae), which is native to Asia and is a documented parasitoid of A. planipennis, from bolts infested with A. planipennis. This is the first documented record of B. indica for West Virginia.
Recommended Citation
Spinos, Tara; Hill, Amy; Braud, Rachel; and Turcotte, Richard M.
2014.
"New Distributional Record for Balcha Indica (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae) in Eastern West Virginia Discovered During Emerald Ash Borer Parasitoid Recovery Surveys,"
The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 47
(1)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22543/0090-0222.2292
Available at:
https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol47/iss1/10