<i>THYREONOTUS CORSICUS CORSICUS AND STEROPLEURUS ANDALUSIUS</i> (ORTHOPTERA, TETTIGONIIDAE) AS PREDATORS OF <i>THAUMETOPOEA PITYOCAMPA</i> (LEPIDOPTERA, NOTODONTIDAE) IN THE NORTHWEST OF VALENCIA (SPAIN)

Authors

  • Emili López-Sebastián
  • María Dolores García
  • Jesús Selfa
Keywords: <i>Tettigoniidae, Thaumetopoea pityocampa</i>, egg-batches predation, Valencia

Abstract

Predation of the tettigonid orthopterans Thyreonotus corsicus corsicus Rambur, 1839 and Steropleurus andalusius (Rambur, 1839) on eggbatches of the pine processionary moth Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Denis et Schiffermüller, 1775) is studied in four Mediterranean pinewoods (northwest of Valencia, Spain). In the whole areas both species were abundant. Steropleurus andalusius is a south peninsular Spanish endemism new for Valencia. Global predation rate oscillated between 13,0-32,1% (interval of 71-325 eggs/egg-batch) and its mean was about 30 eggs/egg-batch. Higher incidence of predation occurred in the first half of August when L1 caterpillar emergence began.

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Author Biographies

Emili López-Sebastián

Universitat de València

María Dolores García

Universidad de Murcia

Jesús Selfa

Universitat de València
How to Cite
López-Sebastián, E., García, M. D., & Selfa, J. (2004). <i>THYREONOTUS CORSICUS CORSICUS AND STEROPLEURUS ANDALUSIUS</i> (ORTHOPTERA, TETTIGONIIDAE) AS PREDATORS OF <i>THAUMETOPOEA PITYOCAMPA</i> (LEPIDOPTERA, NOTODONTIDAE) IN THE NORTHWEST OF VALENCIA (SPAIN). Anales de Biología, (26), 29–34. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/analesbio/article/view/30431
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