[EN] BACKGROUNDThe vine mealybug, Planococcus ficus (Signoret) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) is a key pest of grapevine in the Mediterranean Basin. Some honeydew collecting ant species are known to increase mealybug populations ...
Beltrà Ivars, Aleixandre(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2014-05-06)
Phenacoccus peruvianus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) is an invasive mealybug of Neotropical origin, first reported in the Mediterranean Basin in Almeria (Spain) in 1999. In the following years the mealybug spread into other ...
[EN] Models based on sex allocation theory predict that when the fitness gains from larger size differ between male and female
offspring, mothers should produce the sex that will offer the greatest investment return. ...
Phenacoccus peruvianus Granara de Willink
(Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) is a Neotropical
invasive mealybug that has rapidly spread throughout
Mediterranean Basin. It has established itself as the
principal pest of several ...
Beltrà Ivars, Aleixandre; Addison, Pia; Ávalos Masó, Juan Antonio; Crochard, Didier; García Mari, Ferran; Guerrieri, Emilio; Giliomee, Jan H.; Malausa, Thibaut; Navarro Campos, Cristina; Palero, Ferran; Soto Sánchez, Antonia Isabel(Public Library of Science, 2015-06-05)
[EN] Delottococcus aberiae De Lotto (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) is a mealybug of Southern African origin that has recently been introduced into Eastern Spain. It causes severe distortions on young citrus fruits and represents ...
[EN] Phenaccocus peruvianus Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: pseudococcidae) is an invasive mealybug that has become a pest of ornamental plants in Europe and has recently been detected in California, USA. In this work, we ...
[EN] Mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) are common invasive pests in Europe,
causing major problems on crops and ornamental plants. However, very few data are
available concerning the mealybug fauna of southern ...
[EN] Intracellular bacterial supply of essential amino acids is common among sap-feeding
insects, thus complementing the scarcity of nitrogenous compounds in plant phloem.
This is also the role of the two mealybug ...
[EN] Five mealybug (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) species were identified as new records for Spain: Phenacoccus madeirensis (Green), Phenacoccus solani Ferris, Dysmicoccus boninsis (Kuwana), Hypogeococcus pungens Granara de ...
Protopulvinaria pyriformis (Cockerell) (Hemiptera: Coccidae), a scale native to South America, is a major pest of laurel, Laurus nobilis L., and a potential pest of other ornamental plants in urban green areas. We evaluated ...
The phenology of Protopulvinaria pyriformis (Cockerell) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) and its parasitoid complex were studied on laurel Laurus nobilis L. in urban green spaces of Eastern Spain from March 2008 to January 2010. P. ...
Beltrà Ivars, Aleixandre(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2011-09-02)
Three parasitoids and four hyperparasitoids develop on P. pyriformis in laurel. Metaphycus helvolus accounts for 97% of the parasitoids recovered. M. helvolus shows inverse host density dependence. M. helvolus populations ...
Beltrà Ivars, Aleixandre; Soto Sánchez, Antonia Isabel(Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentacion, Gobierno de España, 2011)
[EN] The parasitoid Thripobius semiluteus Boucek has been founded in 2008 in surveys
conducted in green areas of Valencia where Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis (Bouche) was
present. This insect had not previous record in ...
[EN] Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) are amongst the most abundant and important predators in citrus. They
range from specialist species feeding exclusively on spider mites to generalist species that can feed and ...
Phenacoccus peruvianus Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) is a new invasive mealybug that causes important damages in ornamental plants in urban landscapes and nurseries in Southern Europe. Recently, a new ...
Beltrà Ivars, Aleixandre; García Mari, Ferran; Soto Sánchez, Antonia Isabel(Oxford University Press (OUP)Entomological Society of America, 2013)
Phenacoccus peruvianus Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) is an invasive mealybug of Neotropical origin. In recent years it has invaded the Mediterranean Basin causing signiÞcant damages in bougainvillea and ...