Forest-pest-control

Guides

• Meteorinae

  meteorine wasps

  Meteorinae is a subfamily of braconid parasitoid wasps, though since 2015 most scientists have treated this clade as the tribe Meteorini within Euphorinae. The group is characterized by koinobiont endoparasitoid biology, attacking larval Coleoptera and Lepidoptera. The subfamily's name derives from the distinctive pupal stage, in which the cocoon hangs suspended from a long silk thread when parasitizing lepidopteran hosts. Several species have been employed in biological control programs against forest and agricultural pests.

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• Tachininae

  Tachininae is a subfamily of tachinid flies (Diptera: Tachinidae) comprising approximately 127+ species across 53+ genera and 14 tribes. The group is supported as monophyletic based on molecular data, with the exclusion of Macquartini and Myiophasiini. Members are obligate parasitoids of insects, with documented hosts in Lepidoptera (primarily), Coleoptera, Diptera, and Dermaptera. They serve as important biological control agents of agricultural and forest pests.

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