“…Despite the importance of parasitoids in regulating Liriomyza populations, little is known about the influence of the melon plant's morphological features on the parasitism. However, it is known that morphological leaf characteristics, such as trichomes density, can affect the parasitism (CARRILLO et al, 2008;KARIMZADEH et al, 2013;HUGAR et al, 2014). Trichomes are the epidermal appendages that give leaves a particular hairiness, and sometimes they become a mechanical barrier to parasitoid action (TIAN et al, 2012).…”