Monarda fistulosa hydrolate as antimicrobial agent in artificial media for the in vitro rearing of the tachinid parasitoid Exorista larvarum

• Published in: Entomologia experimentalis et applicata Vol. 169; no. 1; pp. 79 - 89
• Main Authors: Dindo, Maria Luisa, Modesto, Monica, Rossi, Chiara, Di Vito, Maura, Burgio, Giovanni, Barbanti, Lorenzo, Mattarelli, Paola
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.01.2021
• Subjects: adults; air; antibiotic; Antibiotics; Antiinfectives and antibacterials; antimicrobial activity; Antimicrobial agents; Contamination; Cotton; Developmental stages; Eggs; Evaporation; Exorista; Exorista larvarum; Experiments; Fecundity; females; Galleria mellonella; Gentamicin; Hatching; hydrosols; insect production, artificial medium, in vitro culture; Lamiaceae; Larvae; Lepidoptera; liquids; Microorganisms; Monarda fistulosa; Parasitoids; Plates; puparium; superparasitism; Tachinidae; wild bergamot

Exorista larvarum (L.) (Diptera: Tachinidae), a larval parasitoid of Lepidoptera, can be reared from egg to fecund adult on artificial media composed of crude components. The standard in vitro culture is performed in 24‐well plastic rearing plates. Exorista larvarum eggs, removed from superparasitiz...