Optimal Conditions for Diapause Survival of , an Egg Parasitoid for Biological Control of .

is a specialist egg parasitoid of the citrus longhorned beetle , a high-risk invasive pest of hardwood trees. The parasitoid overwinters as diapausing mature larvae within the host egg and emerges in early summer in synchrony with the egg-laying peak of . This study investigated the parasitoid's diapause survival in parasitized host eggs that either remained in potted trees under semi-natural conditions in southern France or were removed from the wood and held at four different humidities (44, 75, 85-93 and 100% RH) at 11 °C or four different temperature regimes (2, 5, 10 and 12.