Egg Batches Parasitism of Processionary Moth Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Lepidoptera, Thaumetopoeidae) from Two Atlas Cedar Ecotypes in Algeria

• Published in: Zoodiversity (Vestnik Zoologii)
• Date: 2021
• Volume: 55
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 239–250
• ISSN: 2707-7268
• Author Affiliations: S. Ayache — Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Agronomie; M. El Mokhefi — Ecole Nationale Supérieure Vétérinaire d’Alger, Bab Ezzouar, Algeria; L. Bonifácio — Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária. Quinta do Marquês, Av. da República, 2780-159 Oeiras, Portugal; G. Chakali — Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Agronomie (ENSA, ex. INA), Departement de zoologie agricole et forestière. 1 Avenue Hassan Badi, 16200 El- Harrach. Algiers, Algeria
• Main Authors: Ayache, S., El Mokhefi , M., Bonifácio, L., Chakali, G.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Publishing House "Akademperiodyka" of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 2021
• Online Access: https://ojs.akademperiodyka.org.ua/index.php/Zoodiversity/article/view/140
• Journal Title: Zoodiversity

In the Atlas cedar forests located on the northern massifs of the Blidean Atlas and at the eastern extension of the Saharan Atlas, 79 egg batches of processionary moth were collected during the summer period from two sites: Chréa National park (46), and Ouled Yagoub forest (33). The eggs were monito...