Scale insects, mealybugs, whiteflies and psyllids (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha) as prey of ladybirds

Biological Control

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 232-243

  Hodek, Ivo ^a   Honěk, Alois ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aleyrodoidea; Coccoidea; Essential prey; Food range; Food specificity; Foraging behavior; Mealybugs; Psyllids; Psylloidea; Rejected prey; Scale insects; Sensorial stimuli; Toxic prey; Whiteflies

Indexed keywords

ALEYRODIDAE; ALEYRODOIDEA; APHIDIDAE; COCCINELLIDAE; COCCOIDEA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE; PSYLLIDAE; PSYLLOIDEA; STERNORRHYNCHA;

EID: 70349277217     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2009.05.018     Document Type: Review

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