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Table 4 Population density of three microlepidopteran pupae and their parasitism rate on ripeness stages of sorghum panicles in the 2016, 2017, and 2018 seasons at Sohag Governorate

From: Insect fauna of pests and their natural enemies inhabiting sorghum-panicles in Egypt

Seasons

Pests

Stages

Pyroderces simplex

Cryptoblabes gnidiella

Eublemma gayneri

Pupae

% H.P.1

Pupae

%

D.P.2

% H.P.

% Parasitism

Pupae

% D.P.

% H.P.

%

Parasitism

2016

Half-bloom

0

-

0

-

-

-

0

-

-

-

Soft dough

0

-

0

-

-

-

19

5.26

10.53

15.79

Soft dough

8

12.5

17

5.88

17.65

23.53

47

12.77

10.64

23.4

Hard dough

16

6.25

15

6.67

20

26.67

39

15.38

15.38

30.77

Physiological maturity I

16

12.5

12

16.67

41.67

58.33

92

10.87

9.78

20.65

Physiological maturity II

32

15.63

7

14.29

14.29

28.57

19

5.26

26.32

31.58

2017

Half-bloom

0

-

3

0

0

0

0

-

-

-

Soft dough

7

-

4

0

0

0

7

-

-

-

Soft dough

10

20

19

10.53

5.26

15.79

39

15.38

7.69

23.08

Hard dough

22

27.27

24

8.33

8.33

16.67

25

12

8

20

Physiological maturity I

25

24

64

3.13

3.13

6.25

38

15.79

10.53

26.32

Physiological maturity II

39

12.82

14

14.29

7.14

21.43

14

7.14

7.14

14.29

2018

Half-bloom

0

-

0

-

-

-

0

-

-

-

Soft dough

0

-

4

0

0

0

2

-

-

-

Soft dough

1

0

0

-

-

-

5

-

-

-

Hard dough

15

0

47

4.26

2.13

6.38

123

3.25

4.07

7.32

Physiological maturity I

9

11.11

78

3.85

1.28

5.13

105

4.76

2.86

7.62

Physiological maturity II

19

21.05

44

6.82

6.82

13.64

78

8.97

3.85

12.82

  1. 1%H.P. = Hymenopteran parasitoid, Nemorilla floralis
  2. 2%D.P = Dipteran parasitoid, Brachymeria aegyptiaca