ADDITIONAL HYMENOPTEROUS PARASITES NEWLY RECORDED FROM THE DARKSIDED CUTWORM, EUXOA MESSORIA (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE), IN ONTARIO

The author (1977) reported on 10 species of insect parasites that were reared from field-collected larvae or pupae of the darksided cutworm, Euxoa messoria (Harris), in Ontario. Of those, eight species had not been previously recorded from this host. During subsequent studies at Delhi, Ontario in 1976 and 1977, more than 3000 larvae of this cutworm were collected from rye and tobacco fields and reared in the laboratory, using methods previously described (Cheng 1977). From this work four more species of primary endoparasites were newly recorded, namely, Apanteles laeviceps Ashmead (Braconidae), Apanteles militaris Walsh (Braconidae), Campoletis sp. (Ichneumonidae), and Meteorus communis (Cresson) (Braconidae). Arenetra sp. reported in the earlier work appeared again and was determined to be A. rufipes vernalis Walley (Ichneumonidae).