Navasero, Scientist II from the National Crop Protection Center of UPLB, is notable for his achievements during the period for his upgrading (2013-2015), which included the discovery and use of Comperiella calaunica (Hymenoptera: Encytridae), an efficient biological control agent and specific parasitoid, that contributed to the cessation of outbreak of invasive cocolisap Aspidiotus Rigidus Reyne (Hemiptera:
Diaspididae), elucidate the chemical bases of repellency of some plants to some major pests of rice and eggplant, and assessment of potential impact of Bacillus thuringiensis eggplant, the first insecticide-protected plant being developed in the country, on nontarget arthropods.
lagerstroemiae, but 54 d for Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni-Tozzetti) (Hemiptera:
Diaspididae) (Erkilic & Uygun 1997), 65 d for Hemiberlesia rapax (Comstock) (Hemiptera:
Diaspididae) (Blank et al.
Influence of plant community structure on natural enemies of pine needle scale (Homoptera:
Diaspididae) in urban landscapes.
Agistemus exsertus Gonzalez (Acari: Stigmaeidae) as a predator of two scale insects of the family
Diaspididae (Homoptera:
Diaspididae).
zapota, these are namely Hemiberlesia lataniae (Signoret, 1869), Howardia biclavis (Comstock, 1883) (
Diaspididae), Coccus viridis (Green, 1889), Saissetia coffeae (Walker, 1852) (Coccidae) and Crypticerya abrahami (Newstead, 1917) (Monophlebidae) (Fig.
El genero Metaphycus Mercet (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) tiene mas de 200 especies en la Region Neotropical (Noyes, 2004) y es un grupo de avispitas mayoritariamente endoparasitoides primarios de escamas (Hemiptera: Coccidae:
Diaspididae)(Myartseva & Ruiz-Cancino, 2010).
In Cuba, the Coccidae, with 31 recorded species, represents the third most species-rich family of scale insects after the
Diaspididae with 75 spp.
TOXICITY OF INSECTICIDES ON WHITE SCALE (Aulacaspis tubercularis Newstead) (Hemiptera:
Diaspididae) OF MANGO (Mangifera indica L.)
Arpaia, "Evaluation of a high-pressure washer for postharvest removal of California red scale (Homoptera:
Diaspididae) from citrus fruit," Journal of Economic Entomology, vol.
Parasitism of the scale insect, Fiorinia externa (Homoptera:
Diaspididae), by Aspidiotiphagus citrinus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in a hemlock forest: density dependence Environ.
Se les conoce comunmente como escamas de fieltro (Eriococcidae), escamas armadas (
Diaspididae), escamas blandas (Coccidae), piojo acanalado de los invernaderos (Orthezidae) o piojos harinosos (Pseudococcidae), y la mayoria produce algun tipo de secrecion cerosa que cubre el cuerpo, ya sea como una estructura separada o como una secrecion que se adhiere a la cuticula (Solis, 1993; MacGregor y Gutierrez, 1983; Miller y Davidson, 2005).
(Hemiptera:
Diaspididae); thrips Enneothrips flavens Moulton (Rodrigues et al.
