Record of Nipponaetus haeussleri (Uchida) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) as an egg parasitoid of sugarcane top shoot borer, Scirpophaga excerptalis Walker from India

摘要

During routine surveys for egg parasitoids of sugarcane borers in the Cauvery Delta zone of Tamil Nadu, Nipponaetus haussleri (Uchida) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) was recovered from an egg mass of sugarcane top shoot borer, Scirpophaga excerptalis. This is the first report of an ichneumonid from a lepidopteran egg mass.