Microterys nietneri

(Motschulsky, 1859)

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Ηabitat

I1 Arable

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Habitat detail

Citrus plantations.

Establishment status

Established

Establishment status detail

Questionable:

First detection year

1959

Impacts

Positive

Parasitoid of crop pest Coccus hesperidum (Wood 1963)

Pathway

3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Contaminant on plants (except parasites) – Con Plant

3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Contaminant nursery material – CNM

Pathway detail

Speculated (Demetriou pers. comm.)

Other notes

as Microterys frontatus (Mercet) in Wood (1963).

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