Biology of four species of Hemileuca (Saturniidae) in Texas with special reference to their parasitoids

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  • テキサスにおけるHemileuca属(ヤママユガ科)4種の生物学 : 特に捕食寄生者について

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Four species of Hemileuca were surveyed in Texas by making road trips to field sites to collect caterpillars. Larvae of H. chinatiensis were found in low numbers in western Texas on Condalia ericoides in March 2013. Larvae of H. slosseri were found in moderate numbers in northwestern Texas on Quercus havardii in May 2014. Larvae of H. grotei were collected in April of three consecutive years (2012-2014) on Quercus fusiformis in central Texas, and Exorista mella, Chetogena spp., and Belvosia bifasciata (all Tachinidae) were reared from them, the latter a new host record. Larvae of H. peigleri were collected in May 2013 and May 2014 on Quercus fusiformis in four counties of central Texas, and Leschenaultia fulvipes (Tachinidae) was reared from them, a new host record. Cotesia (Braconidae) were reared from larvae of H. slosseri, H. peigleri, and H. grotei, the latter two being new host records. Hemileuca peigleri was newly recorded from Concho and McCulloch counties of central Texas.

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  • Lepidoptera Science

    Lepidoptera Science 66 (1), 1-7, 2015

    THE LEPIDOPTEROLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN

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