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

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 6 Trichogramma evanescens parasitizing eggs of Ephestia kuehniella fed on three different diets

Diets	n	Parasitization per F₀ female		n	Parasitization per F₁ female		Total parasitization per female
Diets	n	1st day	2nd day		1st day	2nd day	F₀	F₁
CY	17	23.88 ± 2.08a	14.94 ± 2.47a	9	26.33 ± 3.63a	19.89 ± 1.73a	38.82 ± 3.94a	46.22 ± 4.07a
CBGY	12	25.83 ± 3.47a	10.33 ± 2.88a	12	24.25 ± 1.53a	14.58 ± 2.22a	36.17 ± 5.35a	38.83 ± 2.95ab
WBGY	14	26.71 ± 2.59a	10.64 ± 2.00a	11	19.36 ± 2.07a	13.36 ± 1.57a	37.36 ± 3.79a	32.73 ± 3.01b

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