@article{fdi:010058878,
  title = {{D}iversity of stem borer parasitoids and their associated wild host plants in {S}outh {A}frica and {M}ozambique},
  author = {{M}oolman, {H}. {J}. and {V}an den {B}erg, {J}. and {C}onlong, {D}. and {C}ugala, {D}. and {S}iebert, {S}. {J}. and {L}e {R}ü, {B}runo},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he diversity of lepidopterous stem borers, their parasitoids and their associated wild host plants was studied in {S}outh {A}frica between 2006 and 2009 and in {M}ozambique between 2005 and 2010. {I}n {S}outh {A}frica, 20 species of parasitoids were recovered from 17 stem borer species collected on 16 wild host plant species. {F}rom {M}ozambique, 14 parasitoid species were recorded from 16 stem borer species collected on 14 wild host plant species. {T}he highest diversity of parasitoids was recorded on stem borers that attacked the host plants {P}hragmites australis (7 spp.) and {P}anicum maximum (6 spp.), in {S}outh {A}frica and {M}ozambique, respectively. {B}racon sp. ({H}ymenoptera: {B}raconidae) and {P}rocerochasmias nigromaculatus ({H}ymenoptera: {I}chneumonidae) were the most recorded parasitoid species in {S}outh {A}frica while {C}otesia sesamiae ({H}ymenoptera: {B}raconidae) parasitized most stem borer species in {M}ozambique. {T}he most common tachinid parasitoid recorded in this study was {S}turmiopsis parasitica ({D}iptera: {T}achinidae). {P}arasitism of stem borers during the off season was previously thought to occur mainly in natural habitats but this study shows that although natural habitats provided refuges for some parasitoid species, stem borer parasitism was generally low in wild host plants, irrespective of whether collections were done during the cropping or off-season. {P}arasitoid beta diversity did not depend on habitat or host plant species, but was determined by stem borer diversity.},
  keywords = {{B}iodiversity ; {H}ymenoptera ; {L}epidoptera ; {P}oaceae ; {S}tem borers ; {AFRIQUE} {DU} {SUD} ; {MOZAMBIQUE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}hytoparasitica},
  volume = {41},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {89--104},
  ISSN = {0334-2123},
  year = {2013},
  DOI = {10.1007/s12600-012-0267-8},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010058878},
}