Bracon hebetor

Cline, L.D. and Press, J.W. 1990. Reduction in almond moth (Lepidoptera Pyralidae) infestations using commercial packaging of foods in combination with the parasitic wasp, Bracon hebetor (Hymenoptera Braconidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 83, 1110-1113. 

Hagstrum, D.W. and Smittle, B.J. 1977. Host-finding ability of Bracon hebetor and its influence upon adult parasite survival and fecundity. Environ. Entomol. 6, 437 139. 

Parasitoids applied in the storage environment include Anisopteromalus calan-dreae, where two to three releases at nine-day intervals of the parasitoid at 10 x the density of the prey, Sitophilus oryzae were recommended (Smith, 1994). Choetospila elegans has also been applied against S. oryzae (Williams and Floyd, 1971), while Bracon hebetor and Trichogramma pretiosum (Brower and Press, 1990) have been used against Ephestia cautella and Plodia interpunctella, and Ventura canescens against only the former host. 

Brower, J.H. and Press, J.W. (1990) Interaction of Bracon hebetor and Trichogrammapre-tiosum in suppressing stored-product moth populations in small inshell peanut storages. Journal of Economic Entomology 83, 1096-1101. 

Franqui-Rivera, R.A. (1995) Behaviour, patterns of seasonal activity, and cold tolerance in Bracon hebetor Say (Hymenoptera Braconidae). Ph.D. Thesis, University of... 

The insect chemosterilant tris(l-aziridinyl)phosphine oxide or tepa (Fig. 5A) has been reported to produce chromosomal aberrations in plant root tips (Ninan and Wilson, 1969) and in human leukocytes in vitro (Chang and Klassen, 1968). It has also been found to induce recessive lethal mutations in the sperm of the parasitic wasp Bracon hebetor (Palmquist and LaChance, 1966). 

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