Abstract
The banana skipper <em>Erionota torus</em> Evans has recently emerged as a serious pest of banana. In the present study for the first time egg parasitism of <em>E. torus</em> by <em>Ooencyrtus pallidipes</em> (Ashmead), a gregarious parasitoid, is reported from India. The natural percent parasitism observed was 80−82% in the banana field located at Komanal, Shivamogga district, Karnataka. Since this parasitoid has served as an effective biological control agent for <em>E. torus</em> in Mauritius and Taiwan, possibilities are there that it can establish as a potential biological control agent in India as well.
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