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As an emergency response, governments in several countries distributed and\/or promoted massive use of synthetic insecticides among smallholder farmers to fight FAW. The inappropriate use of synthetic insecticides by non-trained and ill-equipped farmers raises environmental and health concerns. This study aimed to assess the occurrence of native parasitoids of FAW, their parasitism rates, and relative abundance in the central province of Manica, Mozambique. A field collection of FAW egg masses and larvae was conducted from May to August 2019 (dry season of the 2018\/2019 cropping season) and in December 2019 and January 2020 (rainy season of 2019\/2020 cropping season). A total of 101 egg masses and 1444 larvae of FAW were collected from infested fields. Five larval parasitoids were recorded, but no egg parasitism was observed. Coccygidium luteum Brull\u00e9 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and Drino quadrizonula Thomson (Diptera: Tachinidae) were the primary parasitoids. Maximum parasitism of 23.68% and 8.86% and relative abundance of 100 and 96.3 were recorded for C. luteum and D. quadrizonula, respectively. Total parasitism by different parasitoid species was at 9.49%. Cultural practices favoring the action of these parasitoids should be advocated.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/insects11090615","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,9,9]],"date-time":"2020-09-09T09:01:09Z","timestamp":1599642069000},"page":"615","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":30,"title":["First Report of Native Parasitoids of Fall Armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda Smith (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Mozambique"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2930-4764","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Albasini","family":"Cani\u00e7o","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"LEAF-Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food- School of Agriculture\u2014University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisbon, Portugal"},{"name":"Division of Agriculture\u2014The Polytechnic of Manica (ISPM), District of Vanduzi, Matsinho 2200, Mozambique"},{"name":"Postgraduate Program Science for Development (PGCD), Gulbenkian Institute of Science, Rua da Quinta Grande 6, 2780-156 Oeiras, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Ant\u00f3nio","family":"Mexia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"LEAF-Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food- School of Agriculture\u2014University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisbon, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Luisa","family":"Santos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plant Protection-Faculty of Agronomy and Forestry Engineering, Eduardo Mondlane University, P.O. 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