Abstract

Six species of hymenopteran parasitoids viz., Camptotypus arianus arianus (Cam.), Xanthopimpla sp., Theronia maskeliyae (Cameron) (Ichneumonidae), Psilochalcis carinigena (Cameron), Brachymeria lugubris (Wlk) (Chalcididae) and Tetrastichus howardi (Oliff) (Eulophidae) and 4 species of reduviid predators viz., Euagoras plagiatus Burmeister, Endochus sp., Rhenocoris fuscipes (Fabricius) and Sphedanolestus aterrimus Distant were recorded for the first time from the teak defoliator, Hyblaea puera Cramer (Lepidoptera: Hyblaeidae) . All the species were recorded from teak plantaions in Kariem Muriem, Nilambur Forest Division, Kerala