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This is the first report ofTrichospilus diatraeae Cherian & Margabandhu, 1942 (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) parasitizing pupae of the eucalypt defoliatorThyrinteina arnobia (Stoll, 1782) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Parasitized pupae of this insect were collected in the field in Brazil. In view of this finding, the potential of this parasitoid for biological control ofT. arnobia in eucalypt plantations in Brazil should be investigated.
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Pereira, F.F., Zanuncio, J.C., Tavares, M.T. et al. New record ofTrichospilus diatraeae as a parasitoid of the eucalypt defoliatorThyrinteina arnobia in Brazil. Phytoparasitica 36, 304–306 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02980777
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