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Aphytis chilensis

Howard, 1900
Arthropoda » Hymenoptera » Aphelinidae » Aphytis chilensis

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

Impacts
Negative

Reared from Aspidiotus nerii (Georghiou 1977); Parasitoid of Aspidiotus hederae (Wood 1963); Competition with presumably native Aphytis chrysomphali (Orphanides 1984).

Online resource
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/chalcidoids/database/d…
Pathway
3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Contaminant on plants (except parasites) – Con Plant
3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Contaminant nursery material – CNM
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.

Orphanides GM (1984) Competitive displacement between Aphytis spp. [Hym. Aphelinidae] parasites of the California red scale in cyprus. Entomophaga 29: 275–281. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02372114

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University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
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