Designation:E2199−08´1StandardSpecificationforEncarsiaformosaGahan(Hymenoptera:Aphelinidae)1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationE2199;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ε1NOTE—Section1.1waseditoriallycorrectedinNovember2008.1.Scope1.1ThisspecificationdescribesamethodfordeterminingwhetherthequantityandqualityofadultEncarsiaformosainashipmentadheretoquantityandqualityspecifications.Thetestalsoallowsthepurityofshipmentstobedetermined.Includedarereferenceddocuments,adescriptionofstandardterminology,specifications,andthetestmethod.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2E2200SpecificationforInformationIncludedwithPackag-ingofMulti-CellularBiologicalControlOrganisms(Withdrawn2010)33.Terminology3.1Definitions:3.1.1criticalvalue—anumberthattheteststatisticiscomparedtoinordertodeterminewhetherthequantityandqualityrequirementhasbeenmet.Criticalvaluesdependontheprobabilityoferrorthatcanbetoleratedandonthenumberofsamplesusedinthetest.3.1.2card—asampleunit;pupaeofE.formosaaremountedoncardstockstripsthataresubdividedintocards.3.1.3packageclaim—thenumberofadultsexpectedtoemergefromandleaveeachcard.3.1.4teststatistic—theaveragenumberofwaspscaughtduringtheflighttestexpressedasapercentageofthepackageclaim.3.2DefinitionsofTermsSpecifictoThisStandard:3.2.1nameofproduct—EncarsiaformosaGahan.3.2.2preferredhostandprey—GreenhouseWhitefly,Tri-aleurodesvaporariorum(Westwood).3.2.3lifestagewhenshipped—pupawithinthehostinsect,T.vaporariorum.4.Classification4.1Phylum—Arthropoda.4.2Class—Insecta.4.3Order—Hymenoptera.4.4Family—Aphelinidae.4.5Genus—Encarsia.4.6Species—formosa.5.QuantityandQualitySpecification5.1Thetestdescribedinthisspecificationisusedforboththequantityandqualityassessment.Tomeetthequantityandqualityspecificationdefinedbythe“packagecla...
