The mean number of adults emerged, number of death immatures, and the frequency of death of entire brood of the parasitoids Spilochalcis morleyi (Hymenoptera, Chalcididae) and Xanthozona melanopyga (Diptera, Tachinidae) in male and female pupa of the host, Brassolis sophorae (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) were compared. The number of emerged adults (Spilochalcis) was significantly higher in female pupa of the host. The number of death immatures per pupa was similar between the sexes of B. sophorae. However, a significantly higher frequency of death of the entire brood of both parasitoids was observed in female pupa of the host.
Brassolis sophorae; Spilochacis morleyi; Xanthozona melanopyga; host quality; parasitoid mortality
