Coccidoxenoides perminutus
Ηabitat
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Habitat detail
Citrus plantations.
Establishment status
Establishment status detail
Alien:
First detection year
1959
Impacts
Parasitoid of crop pest Planococcus citri (Wood 1963; Georghiou 1977). As Pauridia peregrina in Wood (1963).
Pathway
Pathway detail
Speculated (Demetriou pers. comm.)
References
Wood BJ (1963) Imported and indigenous natural enemies of citrus coccids and aphids in Cyprus, and an assessment of their potential value in integrated control programmes. Entomophaga 8: 67–82. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02381339
Georghiou GP (1977) The insects and mites of Cyprus. With emphasis on species of economic importance to agriculture, forestry, man and domestic animals. Benaki Phytopathological Institute. Kiphissia, Athens Greece 347 pp.