Hyperaspis silvestrii
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Label Data
CNMI: Tinian: San Jose ex ''Plumeria'' leaf coll. J. A. Tenorio 2-AUG-2007 AM20070830.001 COCCINELLIDAE det. A. Moore 30-AUG-2007
Notes
- Keys out to Hyperaspis silvestrii Weise using Leeper(1976).
- Introduced to Hawaii from Mexico in 1922. Hosts include Pseudococcus nipae, and Pseodococcus pseudonipae (Leeper 1976).
- Also preys on papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus (Heu et al.
References
- Leeper, John R. 1976. A review of Hawaiian Coccinellidae. Proc. Hawaii Entomol. Soc. 22(2) 279-306.
- Ronald. A., Mach T. Fukada, and Patrick Conant 2004. Papaya Mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus Williams and Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae). Hawaii Department of Agriculture New Pest Advisory No. 04-03 Updated March 2007.
