Abstract
The egg parasitoids Telenomus alsophilae Viereck and Ooencyrtus clisiocampae (Ashmead) suppress populations of Ennomos subsignarius (Hubner). O. clisiocampae parasitizes eggs during the foliated period of the year and T. alsophilae during the dormant afoliated season. Incidence of parasitism by these two parasitoids in host eggs deposited on boles was similar to that of eggs deposited on undersides of branches. O. clisiocampae was found to be most abundant in host eggs in the upper portions of the forest. In an area where O. clisiocampae was extremely abundant, almost all host eggs were parasitized at all levels of the forest. Parasitism by T. alsophilae was similar at all levels of a forest where O. clisiocampae was not abundant. In a forest where O. clisiocampae was moderately abundant, a significant negative correlation was obtained for relationship of eggs parasitized by this parasitoid to those parasitized by T. alsophilae . The immature stages of both parasitoids were highly overdispersed. It should also be noted that the mortality of host eggs by causes other than parasitism was more pervalent in smaller egg masses than in larger ones.
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