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Table 2 Natural parasitism of Trichogramma species on fall armyworm eggs

From: Biological control of fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith) using egg parasitoids, Trichogramma species (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae): a review

Species

Parasitism (%)

Country

Host plants

References

Trichogramma pretiosum

 ≤ 20%

Brazil

Maize

De Sa and Parra (1994)

T. pretiosum and Trichogramma atopovirilia

2.21%

Brazil

Maize

Beserra et al. (2002)

T. pretiosum and T. atopovirilia

0.72–2.36%

Brazil

Maize

Dequech et al. (2013)

Trichogramma chilonis

20.9%

Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia

Maize

Sisay et al. (2019)

T. atopovirilia

2.8–3.75%

Mexico

Maize

Jaraleno-Teniente et al. (2020)

T. atopovirilia

2.47%

Mexico

Sorghum

Jaraleno-Teniente et al. (2020)

T. chilonis

15.81–23.87%

India

Maize

Navik et al. (2021)

T. chilonis

7.7%

Cameroon

Maize

Abang et al. (2021)

T. atopovirilia

0.1%

Mexico

Maize

Hoballah et al. (2004)

Trichogramma spp.

1.4%

Florida, USA

Maize and Sorghum

Waddill and Whitcomb (1982)

Trichogramma spp.

52.5%

Brazil

Maize

Figueiredo et al. (2002)

Trichogramma sp.

3.33%

India

Maize

Shylesha et al. (2018); Udayakumar et al. (2021)