이중가닥 RNA (double-stranded RNA, dsRNA)는 표적 유전자의 발현을 억제하는 기능으로 해충방제에 응용되었다. 인테그린은 α와 β 단위체로 구성된 이량체 막 단백질이다. 진핵생명체에서 인테그린은 세포-세포 및 세포-세포외기질의 상호연결에 중요한 역할을 담당한다. 인 테그린 β 단위체 발현을 억제하는 특정한 dsRNA (= dsINT)는 해당 곤충에 뚜렷한 치사효과를 유발한다. 또한, dsINT를 발현시키는 형질전환 된 대장균도 해당 곤충에 뚜렷한 살충력을 가진다. 그러나 이 세균 살충제의 야외 적용을 위해서는 제형화 기술이 필요했다. 본 연구는 dsINT를 발현하는 재조합 세균을 동결 건조시켜 대상 곤충에 대해 살충효능을 검정하였다. 동결 건조된 세균은 파밤나방(Spodoptera exigua) 종령 유충에 높은 섭식독을 일으켰다. 파밤나방에 대해서 Bacillus thuringiensis 상용 살충제 처리는 불과 60%의 살충력을 보이는 반면, 동결 건조된 dsINT 발현 세균과 혼합 처리할 때 살충력은 크게 증가하였다. dsINT 발현 세균은 해당 인테그린 염기서열 유사성에 따라 차이를 보이는 해충 종에 선 택적 독성을 나타냈다. 이 결과는 인테그린에 특이적 dsRNA를 발현하는 세균이 동결 건조 제형화 조건하에서도 살충력을 유지한다는 것을 나타 냈다.

Interception data pertaining to Coleoptera, Hemiptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera, Thysanoptera, and Hymenoptera collected at the Korean quarantine border were cross-checked with incursion data from 1996–2014. Overall, 114,636 interception records of 1,075 species belonging to the six orders were detected, while 33 species were confirmed as incursion species in Korea. Among the 33 species, only 14 (42.42%) were recorded as being intercepted at the quarantine border. These results indicate recent incursion species in Korea are not subject to inspection at Korean border. Among the 33 incursion species, 30 (90.90%) are agricultural pests, and 10 species (30.30%) are Hemiptera. Two factors, green house cultivation and parthenogenesis of exotic species, are suggested as reasons for successfully mounting an incursion into Korea. Taken together, the results of this study revealed that border inspections do not provide useful information to protect against occurrences of exotic species incursion and the current quarantine system needs improvement. In addition, it is necessary to consider how interception data might be collected in the future to improve its predictive power with respect to predicting incursion risk.

Chemical communication is very important for survival and reproduction in insects. The successful survival of insects depends to a large extent on the ability to detect and recognize environmental signals. We can manage the insect pest populations by eco-friendly methods by understanding the chemical communication systems which lie among the host trees, pests, and natural enemies. Persimmon is the largest fruit tree in acreage in Korea. Many insect pests are attacking various part of persimmon. Major insect pests of persimmon in Korea are Riptortus pedestris, Halyomorpha halys, Plautia stali as hemipterans, Stathmopoda masinissa, Euzophera batangensis, Conogethes punctiferalis as lepidopterans, There are also some minor insect pests including Homona magnanima, Apolygus spinolae, Synanthedon tenuis, bark beetles et cetera. Some of these produce sex pheromones to attract conspecific females or produce aggregation pheromones to gather conspecific individuals. Interestingly, some insect pests are using the semiochemicals of other species, pheromones or floral scents, as kairomones to find hosts or oviposition sites. These relationships in chemical communications at persimmon ecosystem will be discussed using our research results and others so far.

백색, 적색(680±20nm), 황색(600 ± 20 nm), 녹색(525 ± 25 nm),청색(400 ± 10 nm), 흑색(365 ± 10 nm) 및 변환(다양한 파장)램프를 가지는 솔라트랩을 잡곡 및 두류포장에서 설치하여 나비목, 노린재목 및 딱정벌레목의 주요 해충에 대한 유인효과를 잡곡 및 두류포장에 설치하여 10일 간격으로 조사하여 평가하였다. 채집된 충수는 조사시기와 램프의 색깔에 따라 크게 영향을 받았으며, 조사시기와 램프의 색깔의 상호작용 효과도 있었다. 암청색램프에서 매미충류를 제외하고 가장 많은해충이 유인되었다. 따라서 암청색램프는 해충의 대량포획뿐만아니라 예찰을 위해 효과적으로 사용될 수 있다. 솔라트랩의 암청색램프와 페로몬의 조합은 잡곡 및 두류 해충의 포획효과를 증진시킬 수 있어 종합관리를 위한 유망한 수단으로사용될 수 있을 것으로 여겨진다.

경남 창원과 진주의 농약 무살포 및 유기농 단감원에서 단감 잎을 가해하는 해충을 조사한 결과 국내에서 단감 해충으로 기록되지 않은 3종 을 채집 동정하였다. 동정된 종은 가을뒷노랑밤나방, 푸른빛집명나방, 감잎가는나방(신칭)이었다. 이들의 채집기록, 형태, 기주와 간단한 생태를 조사하여 보고한다.

충해 또는 병충해 관리용 친환경유기농자재로 목록공시된 제품 29종의 배추좀나방과 파밤나방 유충, 복숭아혹진딧물 성충, 꽃노랑총채벌 레 성충에 대한 살충과 섭식저해활성을 분무법과 잎침지법을 이용하여 실내에서 평가하였다. 배추좀나방 유충에 대해 추천농도 분무 또는 잎침지 시 유효성분으로 고삼 추출물 60% 단제(EOIS)와 고삼외 3종 식물 추출물(백부근, 멀구슬나무, 개박하, EIOSm) 및 고삼외 2종 식물추출물 (EOISc)을 함유한 혼합제의 살충력이 우수했다. 하지만 반량 처리 시 그 활성은 50% 이하로 감소되었다. 파밤나방 유충에 대해서는 고삼 60% 단제(EOIS)만이 우수한 살충력을 보였고, 비슷하게 꽃노랑총채벌레 성충에 대해 잎침지 후 24시간과 48시간 노출 시 85%와 95%의 살충력을 나타냈다. 복숭아혹진딧물 성충에 대한 분무시험에서 고삼 외 3종 혼합제(EOISm)와 유채외 2종 혼합제(EOIR)가 93%와 68% 살충력을 보였 는데, 농도를 배량 증가시켜도 살충력은 크게 향상되지 않는 경향을 보였다. 추천농도 잎침지에서는 고삼외 3종 혼합제(EIOSm)만이 100%의 강 한 접촉독성을 나타냈는데, 노출 시간과 농도를 증가시키면 시트로넬라오일외 1종(EOICi)과 유채외 2종 혼합제(EOIR)들의 살충력이 증가하였다. 흥미롭게도 cedar oil 16%(EOICe), 고삼 60% 단제(EOIS), 고삼외 3종 혼합제(EIOSm), 고삼외 2종 혼합제(EOISc), 미생물 89.62%(EOIM), 유 채외 2종 혼합제(EOIR), 식물추출물(EOIPe), 차나무추출물 48%(EOIT)제 등은 파밤나방에 대해 분무처리 시 강한 섭식저해활성을 나타냈다. 또한 배추좀나방 유충에 대해서도 이들 혼합제들 이외에 3종 미생물제들(EOIB, EOIM, EOIBs)과 시트로넬라오일외 1종(EOICi), 겨자외 2종 (EOIMc) 등의 식물 추출물 혼합제들이 70% 이상의 섭식저해활성을 나타냈다. 이상의 결과, 대상 곤충 종 및 유효성분이나 처리량에 따라 살충 력과 섭식저해력이 차이를 보였으나, 전체적으로 고삼추출물외 2-3종 식물추출물을 복합적으로 함유한 혼합제들의 유효력이 우수하게 나타남을 알 수 있었다.

Insect pests on cruciferous crops and their natural enemies were surveyed during 2009~2011 in Daegwallyeong highland region which has been famous for summer Kimchi cabbage production in Korea since 1970s. Totally 15 insect pests have been reported in cabbage field in Daegwallyeong. Diamondback moth (DBM, Plutella xylostella) imported cabbage worm (Artogeia rapae L.), cabbage armyworm (CAW, Mamestra brassicae L.), cabbage looper (CL, Trichoplusia ni), cabbage sawfly (Athalia rosae ruficornis Jakovlev), and turnip aphid (Liphapis pseudobrassicae (Davis)) were the dominant pest species among the 15 species. For monitoring as well as controlling insects with weak flight, yellow sticky cards (10×15㎝) were used in cabbage fields. The sticky cards were hanged on plastic stick and placed at a 2-5 m distance within cabbage field (1,000㎡). Sex pheromone traps were employed for monitoring and controlling insects with strong flight. The survey result showed that there was significantly reduced pest occurrences in treated, compared to untreated condition. Similarly, The results from the sex pheromone traps were coincident with those of sticky trap. DBM, CAW and CL were found less in the treated than untreated fields; by 67.5%, 70.6% and 44.0%, respectively. Although the control efficacy of such traps was less than that of chemical spray, the use of sticky card trap combined with sex pheromone trap could be useful management tools for controlling insect pests in cabbage fields.

4종 해충(복숭아혹진딧물, 점박이응애, 아메리카잎굴파리, 대만총채벌레)에 이온화에너지인 전자빔과 X-ray를 각각 조사하여 이들 해충 의 발육과 생식에 미치는 영향을 비교하여 억제선량을 결정하였다. 복숭아혹진딧물 약충에 전자빔과 X-ray 조사 시, 전자빔의 경우에는 100 Gy, X-ray의 경우에는 30 Gy에서 우화성충의 산자가 완전히 억제되었다. 복숭아혹진딧물 성충의 경우 200 Gy (전자빔)와 50 Gy (X-ray)에서 각각 F1 세대 약충의 우화가 억제되었다. 그러나 이들 두 이온화에너지 모두 성충수명에는 영향을 주지 않았다. 점박이응애의 알에서는 전자빔 150 Gy와 X-ray 50 Gy 선량에서 알의 부화가 완전히 억제되었다. 아메리카잎굴파리 번데기에서는 X-ray 조사선량이 증가할수록 우화율이 감소하 였다. 대만총채벌레 성충에 조사 시 전자빔의 250 Gy와 X-ray의 200 Gy 선량에서 F1 세대 알의 부화가 완전히 억제되었다.

In the present study, we report two lepidopteran pests on the cones of Abies koreana E. H. Wilson; Cydia sp. of Tortricidae and Dioryctria abietella Denis et Schiffermüller of Pyralidae. Larvae of these species bored tunnels inside the immature cones of the host plant. Damaged cones are easy to spot by reddish brown excretion from the pest entry holes, and the cones severly damaged by the larvae becomes crooked. Damage rate on the cones reached up tp 71% from the collection site. Regarding the two pests, some basic information such as collection records, morphological characters, and ecology were provided.

There are relatively few cases of classical biological control in Korea. During 1904 to 1905 the wooly apple aphid, Eriosoma langigerum, had been happen to invade into Korea from Japan together with imported seedling of apple and its damage spread to Jinampo near Pyoung-Yang City and it occurred all across the country by 1934. In 1934 a parasitic wasp, Aphelinus mali, was introduced and released to apple orchards and found established in nature. And it was the first case of classical biological control in Korea. Afterward couple of classical biological control programs against invaded pests were conducted mainly by the RDA with variable results. For example the orange scale, Ceroplastes rubens, and the Eggar which were successfully controlled by introduction Anicetus beneficus and Thecodiplosis pinico, respectively.

단감 병해충의 관리와 원활한 수출 정보를 위하여 2010년부터 2012년까지 3년 동안 전남 순천, 경남 진주, 창원(동읍과 북면), 김해, 그리고 울산 울주지역의 수출과원과 비수출과원과 수확과에서 병해충을 조사하였다. 수출 단감과원에서 확인된 병은 모무늬낙엽병, 탄저병, 둥근무늬낙엽병, 흰가루병, 잿빛곰팡이병이었고, 그 중 둥근무늬낙엽병의 피해가 높은 편이었다. 과일에서는 Colletotrichum gloeosporioides와 Colletotrichum acutatum 탄저병의 피해가 문제였다. 발견된 해충은 5목 20과 32속 33종이었고 점박이응애도 발생하였다. 그 중 애무늬고리장님 노린재와 식나무깍지벌레, 애모무늬잎말이나방이 비교적 넓은 지역에서 발생하고 있었고, 담배거세미나방, 차잎말이나방 등도 발생하고 있었다. 해충에 의한 피해는 매우 낮았다. 검역대상 해충인 복숭아명나방과 감꼭지나방은 거의 발생하지 않았거나 문제가 되지 않았고, 감나무애응애, 온실가루깍지벌레는 전혀 발견되지 않았다. 선과장과 수출과에서는 이들 검역대상 해충인 복숭아명나방, 감꼭지나방, 감나무애응애, 온실가루깍지벌레는 전혀 발견되지 않았고, 깍지벌레와 점박이응애가 낮은 비율로 발견되었다. 병으로는 진주와 김해의 저장고 수확과에서 C. acutatum탄저병 이병과가 1개 과에서만 발견되었다.

In this study, we investigated the effects of X-ray irradiation to control six important insect pests of floriculture crops: Liriomyza trifolii, Spodoptera litura, Myzus persicae, Tetranychus urticae, Bemisia tabaci, and Frankliniella intonsa. We irradiated on six insect pests that were placed in different positions (top, middle, and bottom) of export flower boxes after filling the boxes with roses and chrysanthemums, respectively. When irradiated with X-ray of 150 Gy, the eggs of T. urticae, B. tabaci, F. intonsa, L. trifolii, and S. litura were prevented from hatching at every position in the boxes. The pupation and emergence of L. trifolii larvae and S. litura larvae and B. tabaci nymphs and F. intonsa nymphs were inhibited at every position in the boxes. However, the emergence of T. urticae and M. persicae nymphs was not inhibited, even at the top position in the boxes. When pupae were irradiated, the emergence of L. trifolii was inhibited at every position in the boxes, while S. litura was not inhibited completely, even at the top position in the boxes. When adult T. urticae, S. litura, and L. trifolii were irradiated, the hatching rate of the F1 generation was not completely inhibited at every position. The insect pests that were not inhibited completely at the dose of 150 Gy showed much higher inhibitory effects at the dose of 250 Gy. Therefore, the dose of X-ray irradiation required to inhibit may vary according to the types of flowers and insect pests and according to their positions within the boxes.

Three insect pest, Myzus persicae, Tetranychus urticae, and Liriomyza trifolii were irradiated with electron beam (50-250 Gy) or X-ray (10-150 Gy). Longevity, egg hatching, emergence and fecundity of the test insects were measured. When irradiated to the M. persicae, emergence of nymphs did not show any differences, but fecundity was inhibited at 100 Gy (electron beam) or 30 Gy (X-ray). When irradiated to the T. urticae, egg hatching was completely inhibited at 150 Gy (electron beam) or 50 Gy (X-ray) and egg hatching of F1 generation was decreased at 150 Gy of electron beam or 50 Gy of X-ray. When irradiated to the L. trifolii, egg hatching was completely inhibited at 30 Gy of X-ray, however, electron beam irradiation was not inhibited even at 200 Gy. Egg hatching from irradiated adults was completely inhibited at 150 Gy of electron beam and X-ray. These results indicate that electron beam and X-ray irradiation induced abnormal development and reproduction, however, the dose of irradiation required to inhibit may vary according to the types of insect pests.

This study was conducted to develop the biological insect pest control on pear orchard by using the native natural enemy from 2011 to 2013. We selected the green lacewing, Chrysoperla nipponensis (Okamoto) for useful natural enemy and developed the artificial mass rearing technique, and tested finally in pear orchard located in Anseong city. Nine species of insect pests including Pseudococcus comstocki on pear and seven species of natural enemies including C. nipponensis were investigated in Gyeonggi area. The optimum developmental temperature, humidity and photoperiod for C. nipponensis were 20 ∼25℃, 60∼70%, and 16L : 8D respectively. One C. nipponensis during larval stage could feed about 440 2nd nymphs of P. comstocki at 20℃. The more prey density increase, the more feeding amount C. nipponensis larva was increased. The eggs of almond moth, Ephestia cautella were useful as a substitute diet for natural enemy, C. nipponensis. Three commercial insecticides which registered as insecticide on pear shown the low toxicity to natural enemy, C. nipponensis will be suitable for integrated pest management (IPM) in pear orchards. C. nipponensis shown the about 80% of control value against the P. comstocki in field test when had committed from the early May to the early July. Controlling the P. comstocki by using of C. nipponensis, not only the 30% of yield was increased, but also the quality especially fruit sugar was increased.

Impacts of climate change IPPC report (2007) predicts that by the end of 21 st century there will be an expected climate change. Evidences include increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global mean sea level, and that most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in greenhouse gas conditions. Other global manifestations of climate change are the natural hazards that are becoming more frequent and more intense such as more floods, more droughts, more intense storms, typhoons and more heatwaves. Since the 1970’s, more intense and longer drought have been observed over wider areas, particularly in the tropics. Frequency of heavy rains has also increased over most land areas. In the Philippines, analysis of the observed climatic data showed that there has been an increased in annual mean temperature by 0.57 o C. In terms of maximum and minimum temperatures, the increases have been 0.35 and 0.94 o C. Results of analysis of trends of tropical cyclone occurrence showed that an average of 20 tropical cyclones per year, that there still no indication of increase in the frequency, but with slight increase in the number of tropical cyclones with maximum sustained winds of greater than 150kph. The analysis of trends of extreme daily temperatures and extreme daily rainfall indicate significant increase in number of hot days but decrease of cool nights, and those of rainfall (extreme rainfall intensity and frequency) are not clear, both in magnitude and direction. The findingson the analysis of future climates showed that all areas of the Philippines will get warmer especially in the summer months. Annual mean temperatures (average of maximum and minimum temperatures) in all areas in the country are expected to rise by 0.9 o C in 2020 by 1.8 to 2.2 o C in 2050. In terms of seasonal rainfall change, generally, there is a substantial spatial difference in the projected changes in rainfall in 2020 and 2050 in most parts of the Philippines, with reduction in rainfall in most provinces during the summer season making the usually dry season drier. During the southwest monsoon season, larger increases in rainfall is expected in provinces in Luzon (0.9% to 63%) and Visayas (2% to 22%) but generally decreasing trends in most of the provinces in Mindanao in 2050. However, projections for extreme events in 2020 and 2050 showed that hot temperatures (indicated by the number of days with maximum temperature exceeding 35 o C) will continue to become more frequent, number of dry days will increase in all parts of the country and heavy daily rainfall events will also continue to increase in number in Luzon and Visayas. Climate change effects on rice Increase in temperature may lead to yield reduction as caused by heat stress, decreased sink formation, shortened growing period, and increase maintenance respiration. Given the 10% yield reduction for every 1 o C increase in temperature, an estimated 1.5 M M/t of rice harvest will be lost. Since the Philippines is considered to be vulnerable to extreme meteorological events like typhoons, floods and droughts, it was estimated that approximately 84% of the about 2.32 M hectares of rice land will be affected by climate change. Climate change effect on insect pests and natural enemies Temperature is very important factor influencing insect behavior, distribution, development, survival and reproduction (Bale et. al., 2002). In Japan, it has been estimated that with a 2 o C temperature increase insects might experience one to five additional life cycles per season (Yamamura and Kiritani 1998). Moreover, climate change may affect the population dynamics of arthropods that will lead to change in the species composition of ecosystem, pests’ migration and change in the geographic distribution of pests. Naturally occurring biological control is expected to become a more important control tactic in the future although, warming might also have a negative effect on some natural enemies such as hymenopterans and small predators. Furthermore, there are attempts to correlate relative humidity with insect development and survival. A study showed that the population of Nilaparvata lugens reached high levels when plants of the Peta variety were transplanted close together, probably because of the high relative humidity created in the insect’s habitat (IRRI, 1973). A more detailed study was conducted in the IRRI phytotron and results showed that that N. lugens had high survival in 50-60% relative humidity as compared to 80% relative humidity (IRRI, 1976). Work in the Philippines showed that more insect pests were observed in wet season as compared to dry season (Calora and Ferino, 1968; Hsieh, 1972; Ferino, 1968; Alam, 1971). Hence, if there will be more frequent and severe climate extremes like more rainfall and flooding, some pests may become more serious. On the other hand, a long drought followed by rainfall may cause outbreak of locust, armyworms, and leaffolders. Adaptation to adverse impacts of climate change In the Philippines, rice varieties for adverse environments are available such as submergence and drought-tolerant varieties. The use of aerobic rice production system maybe useful in the future especially if there will be limited water supply since in this technology, the water use is only half of that of lowland rice systems. In rice insect pest management, understanding the impact of climate change to rice plant, insects pests and their natural enemies is very important in preparing for and adapting management strategies against pests that may become established due to changes in the environment. It is also necessary to assess pest problems in vulnerable areas affected by climate change. The applications of agro-meteorological information using modern information communication tools may provide timely provision of weather and climate information for farmers use.

The two major factors that are responsible for low yields are weather (floods, drought and typhoon) and pest epidemics. The tropical rice field of the Philippines is exposed to several organisms that are injurious to the rice plant. About 20 species of insects are considered important pests in the Philippines and at times contribute to low rice yield. These insect pests are divided into stem borers, sap feeders, defoliators, grain feeders and root feeders. Stem borers are chronic insect pests and always found in the field although outbreak proportions are seldom. There is no commercial variety released in the Philippines that is resistant to rice stem borer. The sap feeders are composed of several species of planthoppers, leafhoppers and a pentatomid bug. Most of the planthoppers and leafhoppers are vector of important diseases of rice like tungro, ragged stunt and grassy stunt. The grain feeders are composed of several species of Leptocorisa. A Lygaeid bug was recently reported as a new pest of rice grain in the field. The most common defoliators are leaffolders, whorl maggot and rice caseworm. Root feeders are seldom a problem in irrigated lowland rice in the Philippines. Management of rice insect pests is normally through integration of the different management strategies. These strategies include host plant resistance, biological control, cultural control and the use of insecticides as a last resort. Since a tropical rice ecosystem like the Philippine rice field is rich in communities of beneficial organisms, conservation of these naturally occurring biological control agents like predators and parasitoids is our primary control tactics against insect pests of rice. Maximizing the use of these beneficial organisms is a very important principle in Integrated Pest Management (IPM) of rice insect pests.

전북지역에서 재배되는 시설 채소류 5과 20종의 작물을 대상으로 해충 종류 및 발생양상을 조사한 결과 총 22과 39종의 해충이 발생하였다. 명아주과에서는 대만총채벌레 등 7과 10종, 십자화과는 16과 25종, 미나리과는 9과 10종, 백합과는 6과 7종, 국화과는 13과 21종의 해충이 조사되었다. 파밤나방과 담배거세미나방은 5개 과의 채소 모두에서 발생하였고, 대만총채벌레, 온실가루이, 복숭아혹진딧물, 완두굴파리는 백합과(파, 부추)를 제외한 4개과 채소에서 모두 발생하는 것으로 조사되었으며, 반면에 흰띠명나방을 포함한 13종의 해충은 각각 1개과의 채소에서만 발생하였다. 명아주과에서는 복숭아혹진딧물과 흰띠명나방, 파밤나방, 담배거세미나방 4종이 주요해충이었으며, 알락수염노린재, 온실가루이, 완두굴파리, 양배추은무늬밤나방 4종은 미기록해충이었다. 배추과에서는 양배추가루진딧물, 복숭아혹진딧물, 좁은가슴잎벌레, 배추벼룩잎벌레, 배추좀나방, 배추순나방, 담배거세미나방, 배추흰나비, 무잎벌 9종에 의한 피해가 컸고, 대만총채벌레를 포함한 6종은 미기록 해충이었다. 미나리과에서는 해충 발생에 의한 피해는 크지 않았으며, 차응애, 대만총채벌레, 온실가루이, 담배거세미나방, 완두굴파리는 미기록 해충이다. 백합과 주요해충은 파총채벌레, 파좀나방, 파밤나방, 파굴파리 4종이었다. 국화과에서는 담배거세미나방을 제외하고 피해가 큰 해충은 없었다

Until now, seven species, Acosmeryx nega, Herpetogramma luctuosalis, Ostrinia furnacalis, Endoclyta excrescens, Spodoptera litura, Paranthrene regalis, and Nippoptilia vitis, have been known as lepidopteran grape pests in Korea (Woo, 1980; Lee, 1981; Kim, 1991; NIAST, 2002; Korea grape community, 2009). We discovered thirteen additional species belonging to eight families from Gwangwon and Chungbuk provinces, Korea. Additionally, we corrected the previous records of Deuterocopus albipunctatus and Nppoptilia vitis. They were identified by adult external or genitalic characters first, and also confirmed by the COI marker, compared with two public databases, NCBI and BOLD.

Bethylidae is the largest family of Chrysidoidea (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) and distributed widely from the tropics to the subarctic regions around the world. Most members of the family are relatively small, and are generally known as ectoparasitoids of immature stages of Lepidoptera and Coleoptera. Some species have been used and studied as natural enemies of various insect pests in some countries. Even though the family Bethylidae is important group as natural enemies in the agricultural and forestry fields, fundamental researches on this group such as a faunal study have not carried out and poorly known in Korea. Since 2005, we have carried out the faunal investigation of Korean Bethylidae and more than 1,600 specimens were collected by 2010, with some of their host insects. As results of present study, fifty two species belongs to sixteen genera of Bethylidae are recognized in Korea, including seven previously recorded species as of 2006. We will introduce on the biodiversity of Korean Bethylidae and its applied aspects as potential biocontrol agents against various insect pests with cases of their usages.

This study was conducted to investigate the occurrence patterns of sporadic and major insect pests in Gyeonggi Province Area. Lantern fly (Lycorma delicatula) damages to reduce the yield and quality of commodities in grape orchard begin to emergence from the early May, and new adults have appeared from the middle July lay eggs till the early November. The hatchability of eggs laid in last year was influenced by the extremely low temperature (especially -20℃ and under) in over-wintering season. Sweet-potato whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) is widely distributed in the southern part of gyeonggi province, and the biotype of most regional populations is Q-type except the partial Goyang area population (B-type). Potato tuber moth (Phthorimaea operculella) had been reported firstly in 2009 expanded and was confirmed in the northern part of gyeonggi province in 2010. Citrus flatid planthopper (Metcalfa pruinosa), becoming an issue in Korea, have been detected apple (Paju), pear (Yongin, paju), grape (Paju) orchards in 2010.