Gonatocerus ashmeadi

Gonatocerus ashmeadi is a species of fairyfly. Its natural range is Florida, Louisiana, northeastern Mexico, Mississippi, North Carolina, eastern Texas, and southern and central California.[1][2]

Gonatocerus ashmeadi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Family:
Genus:
Species:
G. ashmeadi
Binomial name
Gonatocerus ashmeadi
Girault, 1915

It is used to control the glassy-winged sharpshooter Homalodisca vitripennis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)

References

  1. Pilkington, Leigh J.; Hoddle, Mark S. (2006). "Reproductive and developmental biology of Gonatocerus ashmeadi (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), an egg parasitoid of Homalodisca coagulata (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)". Biological Control. 37 (3): 266–275. doi:10.1016/j.biocontrol.2006.02.006.
  2. http://files.piercesdisease.org/proceedings/2002/2002_103-103.pdf%5B%5D


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.