A new species ofAphytis that attacks important armored scale insects

BioControl - Tập 19 - Trang 259-265 - 1974
P. DeBach1, G. Gordh1
1Division of Biological Control, University of California Citrus Research Center and Agricultural Experiment Station, Riverside, USA

Tóm tắt

Aphytis roseni spec. nov. is described and its affinities with other members of the genus indicated. The parasite was imported into Peru from Africa for control of the rufous scale,Selenaspidus articulatus (Morgan). In Peru,A. roseni is achieving substantial biological control.