A New Species of Trichogramma Westwood (Chalcidoidea: Trichogrammatidae) from Unknown Lepidopterous Egg on Populus deltoides from India

Abstract

The genus Trichogramma Westwood comprises as egg parasitoids attacking lepidopterous insect pests of important forestry and agro-forestry tree species. Survey was conducted in forest areas of Thano range, Dehradun, India, for collection of parasirized eggs. In the present paper, a new species Trichogramma hayati sp. nov. is decribed from an unknown lepidopterous egg from poplar tree.