Artificial diets for rearing the coconut hispine beetle, Brontispa longissima (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), and their suitability to two specialist parasitoids

• Published in: Biocontrol science and technology Vol. 21; no. 12; pp. 1423 - 1435
• Main Authors: Ichiki, R.T, Murata, M, Takano, S, Oo, T.T, Nguyen, H.T, Suasa-ard, W, Uraichuen, S, Nakamura, S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2011
• Subjects: adulthood; adults; artificial diets; Brontispa longissima; coconuts; Cocos nucifera; Dactylis glomerata; egg hatchability; endoparasitoids; fecundity; fronds; grasses; hatching; hosts; insect development; insect larvae; insect rearing; insects; invasive species; leaves; mass rearing; oviposition; plant growth; powders; pupae; survival rate; Tetrastichus; South East Asia

The coconut hispine beetle, Brontispa longissima (Gestro), is a serious invasive pest that infests young unopened fronds of coconut palms (Cocos nucifera L.) in Southeast Asia. We previously developed the first artificial diet for rearing B. longissima larvae, which contained a leaf powder of young...