Calvo Renin
Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas. Universidad Nacional. Apdo. Postal 86-300, Heredia, Costa Rica.
Rev Biol Trop. 2004 Dec;52(4):915-7.
Parasitoids on larvae of Caligo atreus were studied at the Estación de Biologia Tropical in Rio Macho, Cartago, Costa Rica. (1 600 masl), from March through July 2000. Fifth instar larvae of C. atreus were placed on Heliconia tortuosa Griggs var. Red Twist (Heliconiaceae) host plants at a mean temperature of 16.7 degrees C. The parasitoids obtained belong to an unidentified species of the genus Winthemia (Diptera: Tachinidae). Most flies emerge some 40 days after the eggs were laid (maximum 68 days). They make an orifice on the upper ventral part of the lepidopteran pupa. Winthemia is used commercially as biological control of cotton and banana.
2000年3月至7月，在哥斯达黎加卡塔戈里奥马乔河的热带生物学站（海拔1600米）对阿特拉斯裳凤蝶幼虫的寄生蜂进行了研究。将阿特拉斯裳凤蝶的五龄幼虫放置在平均温度为16.7摄氏度的扭旋蝎尾蕉（蝎尾蕉科）寄主植物上。所获得的寄生蜂属于温特米亚属（双翅目：寄蝇科）的一个未鉴定物种。大多数苍蝇在产卵后约40天出现（最长68天）。它们在鳞翅目蛹的腹面上方制造一个小孔。温特米亚被商业用作棉花和香蕉的生物防治手段。
