Annals of Forest Science

Table 3 Average number (±SE) of eggs, n = 30, per egg mass of Orgyia trigotephras parasitized by Aprostocetus sp. and predated by Coccidiphila rungsella at Jebel Abderrahmane (Tunisia), and dispersion index values for the parasitoid/predator on the two host plant species

From: Host use in Orgyia trigotephras (Erebidae, Lymantriinae) during outbreak: effects on larval performance and egg predation

		Year
	Host species	2005	2009	2014
Parasitized egg	Pistacia lentiscus	0.4 ± 0.2^a	1.1 ± 0.3^a	7.1 ± 1.4^a
Parasitized egg	Quercus coccifera	1.8 ± 0.5^b	2.9 ± 0.5^b	9.8 ± 2.2^a
Dispersion index	Pistacia lentiscus	2.2	2.3	8.5
Dispersion index	Quercus coccifera	4.3	2.20	15
Predated egg	Pistacia lentiscus	0	1 ± 0.2^a	5.2 ± 1^a
Predated egg	Quercus coccifera	0.3 ± 0.2	4.0 ± 1.4^b	2.1 ± 0.9^b
Dispersion index	Pistacia lentiscus	_	1.7	5.7
Dispersion index	Quercus coccifera	5.2	13.9	10.1

Within each year, values labeled with different superscript letters are significantly different (P < 0.05)

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