Insect Pests and Biological Controls

Insect Pests and Biological Controls There are several species of moths whose caterpillars are significant pests on agricultural crops. While there are natural predators, some are unwilling hosts for parasites. Some parasitoid wasp species contribute to biological control of these caterpillar pests by laying eggs inside live caterpillars. Dataset Type: Occurrence Specimen Type: Preserved specimens 2024-06-17 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada aafc.biologicalcollections-collectionsbiologiques.aac@agr.gc.ca AgricultureNature and EnvironmentScience and TechnologyMalacosoma AmericanaPieris rapaeGlyptapanteles pallipesCotesiaCotesia atalantaCotesia rubeculainsect pestsnatural biological controlsBiological diversity Data Product Specification (French)PDF https://agriculture.canada.ca/atlas/data_donnees/biologicalCollections/supportdocument_documentdesupport/fr/Collections biologiques_d_Agriculture_et_Agroalimentaire_Canada_–_SPC_ISO_19131.pdf Pre-packaged CSV filesCSV https://agriculture.canada.ca/atlas/data_donnees/biologicalCollections/data_donnees/csv/insect_pests_and_biological_controls__insectes_nuisibles_et_agents_de_lutte_biologique.csv Data DictionaryXLSX https://agriculture.canada.ca/atlas/data_donnees/biologicalCollections/supportdocument_documentdesupport/AAFC_Biological_Data_Dictionary__Dictionnaire_des_donn%c3%a9es_biologiques_AAC.xlsx Data Product Specification (English)PDF https://agriculture.canada.ca/atlas/data_donnees/biologicalCollections/supportdocument_documentdesupport/en/ISO_19131_Agriculture_and_Agri-Food_Canada_Biological_%e2%80%93_Data_Product_Specification.pdf

There are several species of moths whose caterpillars are significant pests on agricultural crops. While there are natural predators, some are unwilling hosts for parasites. Some parasitoid wasp species contribute to biological control of these caterpillar pests by laying eggs inside live caterpillars.

Dataset Type: Occurrence

Specimen Type: Preserved specimens

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