Potential impact of lady beetles on Diaphorina citri (Homoptera: Psyllidae) in Puerto Rico

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-128

  Pluke, Richard W H ^a   Escribano, Ana ^b   Michaud, J P ^c   Stansly, Philip A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Agricultural Research Center Hays ^*  (Spain)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian citrus psyllid; Coccinellidae; Feeding behavior; Natural control; Predator; Relative abundance

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; PUERTO RICO; WORLD;

APHIDIDAE; ARTHROPODA; CHILOCORUS CACTI; CITRUS; COCCINELLIDAE; COELOPHORA INAEQUALIS; COLEOMEGILLA; COLEOPTERA; CRYPTOLAEMUS MONTROUZIERI; CYCLONEDA SANGUINEA LIMBIFER; DIAPHORINA CITRI; HEMIPTERA; HIPPODAMIA CONVERGENS; KUWAYAMA; NITIDULA; PSYLLIDAE; SCYMNUS (BEETLE); TAMARIXIA RADIATA; TOXOPTERA CITRICIDA;

EID: 22444447570     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2005)088[0123:PIOLBO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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