<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Davidson, I.M.K.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">New record of the sphingid moth Acherontia styx Westwood, its parasitoid Trichogramma achaeae in Jasmine Jasminum sambac L., and its bioecology</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Threatened Taxa</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ACHERONTIA</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">IMMATURE STAGES</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">INDIA</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">LIFE HISTORY</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PARASITOIDS</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PHENOLOGY</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">SPHINGIDAE</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">TRICHOGRAMMA</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">WORLDMAP1</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2023</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">06/2023</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.8377.15.6.23373-23381</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">15</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">23373-23381</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;span style=&quot;left: 180.519px; top: 465.743px; font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.941496);&quot;&gt;The sphingid moth larvae are voracious defoliators of several crops. The present study was conducted to investigate damage of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;left: 127.559px; top: 481.743px; font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.920264);&quot;&gt;Acherontia styx&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;left: 211.303px; top: 481.743px; font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.944617);&quot;&gt; on Jasmine, their seasonal incidence, and bioecology. Larval instars fed on jasmine leaves and flowers, with the highest &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;left: 127.559px; top: 497.743px; font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.963841);&quot;&gt;defoliation being 35% and highest flower damage 47% during September. The lifecycle consisted of egg, five larval instars, pupal, and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;left: 127.559px; top: 513.743px; font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.937981);&quot;&gt;adult stages. The eggs were pearly white in colour and emerged larvae were cylindrical with a prominent anal horn. In subsequent moults &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;left: 127.559px; top: 529.743px; font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.953901);&quot;&gt;the larvae continued to feed and become larger until they turned a reddish colour and ceased feeding prior to pupating in the soil. Adult &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;left: 127.559px; top: 545.743px; font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.953086);&quot;&gt;moths were robust and swift fliers. The total life cycle from egg to adult was 56 days for males and 59 days for females. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;left: 786.786px; top: 545.743px; font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.953101);&quot;&gt;Trichogramma &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;left: 127.559px; top: 561.743px; font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.919245);&quot;&gt;achaeae &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;left: 176.479px; top: 561.743px; font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.943141);&quot;&gt;Nagaraja &amp;amp; Nagarkatti was noticed and documented as a potential egg parasitoid of the sphingid moth, a new record. A natural &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;left: 127.559px; top: 577.743px; font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.967619);&quot;&gt;parasitization of eggs was noticed under field conditions, with changed colour of eggs to deep black from which a tiny parasitic wasp &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;left: 127.559px; top: 593.743px; font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.945486);&quot;&gt;emerged, identified as &lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;left: 251.426px; top: 593.743px; font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.722267);&quot;&gt;T. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;left: 262.986px; top: 593.743px; font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.914133);&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;achaea&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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