EGG PARASITOIDS OF COMMON CUTWORM, SPODOPTERA-LITURA (FABRICIUS) (LEPIDOPTERA, NOCTUIDAE)

During study of egg parasitism of Spodoptera litura (FABRICIUS) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), three species of Trichogramma (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) and one species of Telenomus (Hymenoptera: Scelionidac) were seen emerging from host eggs. Comparing the egg masses parasitized by Trichogramma spp. and Telenomus sp., percent of egg masses parasitized by the former was higher than that by the latter, whereas percent of parasitized eggs among attacked egg masses by the latter was higher than that by the former.