Developmental period of Brachymeria nosatoi Habu (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) on different host pupae

<p>Screening of intercrop herbivores as alternative hosts for <em>Brachymeria nosatoi</em> Habu (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae), the pupal parasitoid of coconut leaf eating caterpillar, <em>Opisina arenosella </em>Walker (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae). The developmetal period of <em>B. nosatoi </em>(days) was recorded on pupae of five herbivores, including the natural host, on which the parasitoid had completed its life cycle.&nbsp;Between host species differences in developmental&nbsp;period were tested for using ANOVA in GenStat.&nbsp;The residuals were homogenous and normally distributed&nbsp;(Bartlett&rsquo;s test: v2 = 4.13, df = 4, P = 0.389; Shapiro&ndash;Wilk test: W = 0.975, P = 0.377).</p>