조명나방(Ostrinia furnacalis Guenee)의 국내 우점 알기생벌인 쌀좀알벌(T. evanescens)과 같은 곤충을 숙주로 삼는 T. ostriniae의 기생특성을 조명나방 알을 이용하여 비교하였다. 일정한 사육조건 ($25^{circ}C$, 16L/8D)에서 두 알기생벌은 명조건 후 4시간 안에 $50\%$ 이상 우화하는 일일주기성을 보였다. 산란에서 우화까지의 발육기간은 두 종 약 11일 정도였고, 두 종 모두 종간 및 종내 암수 간에 차이가 없었으며, 알기생율이 $100\%$ 미만임에도 불구하고 과기생을 보였다. 두 종 모두 암컷은 우화 후 5일째까지 산란하였고, 수명은 쌀좀알벌에서 최대 8일이었고, T. ostriniae에서 6일이었다. 조명나방의 기생알 수는 각 각 약 38개와 31개였는데, 두 종 모두에서 우화 첫째날 알기생벌이 산란한 알 수가 전 산란기간 동안 산란한 알 수의 약 $50\%$를 차지하였다. 성비는 두 종 모두 암컷이 약 $80\%$를 차지하는 암컷편향적이었다.
Parasitism of the egg parasitoid, Trichogramma evanescens, to its main host insect, the Asian corn borer, Ostrinia furnacalis in Korea was compared with that of T. ostriniae that is the dominant species in China on the same host insect. Parasitoid adults of both species emerged more than 50 percent within 4 hours after lights-on in 16L/8D photo period regime and showed a circadian rhythm of emergence. The developmental period from oviposition to emergence in both parasitoids was ca. 11 days and there were no significant differences between the two species and between female and male of each species, either. Both species also showed superparasitism even when the parasitic rates in one egg mass were below 100 percent. Both species oviposited by 5 days after emergence, and maximum longevities of each female adult of both species were 8 day for T. evanescens and 6 day for T. ostriniae. The total number of eggs parasitized by T. evanescens was ca. 38 eggs and ca. 31 eggs by T. ostriniae. Newly emerged female parasitoid laid eggs on about $50\%$ of the host insect egg mass, and the parasitism decreased with the adult age of egg parasitoids in both species. The sex ratio of two species was female-biased about $80\%$.
