Christina M. Harris, cmh347@psu.edu and James H. Tumlinson, jht2@psu.edu. Penn State University, Entomology, 121 Chemical Ecology Lab, Orchard Road, University Park, PA
C. marginiventris is a generalist parasitoid wasp of Noctuid caterpillars and an effective biological control agent. It has been reported that one of its hosts, T. ni, is more heavily parasitized while in the presence of another host, S. exigua. The attraction of C. marginiventris to S. exigua via herbivore induced plant volatiles has been widely documented, but attraction to T. ni induced volatiles is lesser known. Flight assays in a wind tunnel were used to determine wasp attractiveness to cotton damaged by either species. We then tested the effects of oviposition experience on wasp flight behavior to determine if these volatile cues were positively or negatively associated with either host species. Further work is being done to explore the successful emergence of parasitoid progeny from T. ni and S. exigua.
Species 1: Hymenoptera Braconidae
Cotesia marginiventrisSpecies 2: Lepidoptera Noctuidae
Spodoptera exigua (beet armyworm)
Species 3: Lepidoptera Noctuidae
Trichoplusia ni (cabbage looper)
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