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
[http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hawaii.gov%2Fhdoa%2Fpi%2Fppc%2Ftest-area%2Fnpa-1%2Fnpa04-03-PMB.pdf&ei=QG_WRpGkEZOqigGfxaC6DQ&usg=AFQjCNFKZKgFFwVP6VjvmOW3yEgEE_waTg&sig2=P6TS6ftlGMPt_jfrWg9EXQHeu, 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.]
