Metaphycus flavus
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Citrus plantations.
Alien:
Parasitoid of crop pest Coccus hesperidum (Wood 1963); In the present study this encyrtid was found as an abundant parasite of the black scale only at Evrykhou in 1984 (Table 2). Almost all the adults (99%) were obtained from January to April (Fig. 2). At Evrykhou, only in 1984, high numbers of this parasite were also obtained from black scale on citrus and oleander (Orphanides 1988).
Speculated (Demetriou pers. comm.)
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
Orphanides GM (1988) Current status of biological control of the black scale, Saissetia oleae (Olivier), in Cyprus. Technical Bulletin, Cyprus Agricultural Research Institute No 100:1-8.