Role of host diet on the fitness of the egg parasitoid species, Trichogramma evanescens Westwood (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae)

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 2 Biological traits of Ephestia kuehniella when fed on three diets

Diets	Preimaginal development time (days)	Pupal weight (mg) (mean ± SE)		Adult emergence (%)
Diets	Preimaginal development time (days)	Female	Male	Adult emergence (%)
CY	44.20 ± 0.37a	22.79 ± 0.27b	18.70 ± 0.19b	84.63 ± 5.43a
CBGY	42.40 ± 0.25b	23.37 ± 0.26b	20.54 ± 0.16a	86.99 ± 3.86a
WBGY	42.60 ± 0.25b	24.88 ± 0.22a	20.73 ± 0.20a	85.66 ± 3.06a

Means (± SE) with same letter in the same column are not statistically significant according to Tukey’s HSD test (p < 0.05)