Parasitism Rates of Peribaea Tibialis on Spodoptera Exigua Larvae, 2024-2025

Field and laboratory data from Jiangxi Province, China, on the parasitism of Spodoptera exigua larvae by the tachinid fly Peribaea tibialis. The dataset includes field parasitism rates from 15.31% to 27.69% in 2024 and 2025, and laboratory results on host suitability. It was authored by Xuewei Qi and shared on figshare in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling host-parasitoid population dynamics based on field parasitism rates
• Assessing biological control agent efficacy based on laboratory parasitism and emergence rates
• Studying host specificity in parasitoids based on experiments with Mythimna loreyi and Spodoptera frugiperda

Strengths

• Field parasitism rates are quantified with specific percentages (15.31% to 27.69%).
• Laboratory assays provide specific parasitism (59-60%) and emergence rates (52-55%) for different host instars.
• Host suitability is tested against multiple Lepidoptera species (S. exigua, M. loreyi, S. frugiperda).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small (24.0 KB), indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Field collection in asparagus greenhouses and subsequent laboratory assays.

Time Range

2024-2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-27 02:23:01; freshness should be verified

Geography

Jiangxi Province, China