Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica (2017) 52, 275-278

S. Abd-Rabou and G.A. Evans (2017)
New host records of parasitoids of scale insects and whitefly species in Egypt
Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica 52 (2), 275-278
Abstract: Blepyrus insularis (Cameron) (Encyrtidae) was reared from Phenacoccus parvus Morrison, an invasive mealybug recently found infesting Psidium sp. in Egypt. Encarsia cibcensis Lopez-Avila (Aphelinidae) was reared from Aleuroclava psidii (Singh) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), an invasive whitefly found on Ficus sp. in Egypt. Mesopeltita truncatipennis (Waterston) (Pteromalidae) was reared from the lecanodiaspid scale, Lecanodiaspis africana (Newstead) (Hemiptera: Lecanodiaspididae) on Ficus sp. All of these represent new host records for the parasitoids.
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Database assignments for author(s): Shaaban Abd-Rabou

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
surveys/sampling/distribution
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
surveys/distribution/isolation

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Phenacoccus parvus		Egypt
	Aleuroclava psidii		Egypt
Encarsia cibcensis (parasitoid)	Aleuroclava psidii		Egypt
Blepyrus insularis (parasitoid)	Phenacoccus parvus		Egypt