The range of host plants of Pseudococcus longispinus is less extensive than that of the citrus mealy bug but it nevertheless encompasses many species…
horticola ). These flights are carried out by the males, who mate with females that stay close to the ground. Females start to deposit eggs into the…
plant sap and grow rapidly. When reproduction is sexual, the aphids lay eggs that overwinter. In greenhouses reproduction also takes place by…
excreted as honeydew, with larger larvae expelling large quantities. The damage that whiteflies cause to a crop is the result of sucking out the sap…
prepupa, the pupa has longer, more developed wing buds and longer antennae that are curved back over the head. The prepupal and pupal instars do not…
serpentine leaf miner (Liriomyza trifolii) eats its way outwards from its egg, so that its mines join to form small plates. In various other crops one…
surface but more commonly on the underside. The late third instar larva, that emerges from its tunnel just prior to pupating, is known as a prepupa.…
laid from the beginning of July until around the end of October. The larvae that hatch have a white, translucent to pinkish body and a reddish brown…
upward almost vertically, with the abdomen of males often being longer than that of females. Another distinctive feature is the triangle formed by the…
filaments are always shorter than 20% of body length. They produce little wax, so that the light yellow to pink body is visible through its waxy…
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