Parasitoids of the white peach scale, Psedaulacaspis pentagona in the kiwifruit orchards of northern Iran

Amir Hossein Toorani | Habib Abbasipour

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URL :   http://research.shahed.ac.ir/WSR/WebPages/Report/PaperView.aspx?PaperID=116616
Date :  2019/06/28
Publish in :    North-Western Journal of Zoology

Link :  http://biozoojournals.ro/nwjz/index.html
Keywords :Parasitoids, peach, Psedaulacaspis, pentagona, orchards

Abstract :

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The white peach scale (WPS), Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Tar-gioni-Tozzetti) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) is a polyphagous pest that feeds on 120 genera in 55 plant families (Miller & Davidson 2005). 60 species of parasitoids and 85 predator species are known worldwide to attack white peach scale, P. pentagona. 14 species of WPS parasitoids are belonged to Aphelinidae, Encyrtidae and Tetrastichidae families. The superfamily Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) is