Laboratory Studies on Insect Predators of Potato Leafhopper Eggs, Nymphs, and Adults
- 1 April 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Environmental Entomology
- Vol. 11 (2) , 361-362
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/11.2.361
Abstract
Laboratory tests showed that Orius insidiosus (Say) (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) and the common damsel bug, Reduviolus americoferus (Carayon) (Hemiptera: Nabidae), were able to locate and destroy eggs of the potato leafhopper, Empoasca fabae (Harris) (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). O. insidiosus appeared to be the more efficient egg predator. The average daily mortality of leafhopper adults and nymphs attributed to the feeding of the coccinellids, Hippodamia convergens Guerin-Meneville and Coccinella novemnotata Herbst. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), the common green lacewing, Chrysopa carnea Stephens (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae), and R. americoferus ranged from 1.9 to 3.2, with the exception of C. carnea adults, which averaged 0.4 nymphs.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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