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Aonidiella Aurantii
''Aonidiella aurantii'' or red scale is an armored scale insect and a major pest of citrus. It is thought to be a native of South China but has been widely dispersed by the agency of man through the movement of infected plant material. In the United States it is known as California red scale. It was first found in California between 1868 and 1875, apparently brought there on planting material imported from Australia. Description The female scale insect has a circular, brownish-red cover about 1.8 millimetres in diameter. It is firmly attached to the surface when the female is moulting or reproducing. The insect itself is visible through the cover and has an oval body which becomes kidney-shaped at the last instar stage. The female molts twice, exuding the material from which the cover is formed and developing a concentric ring in the center each time. There is a characteristic whitish coating on the underside of the body which separates it from the host plant. The female is vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Miles Maskell
William Miles Maskell (5 October 1839 – 1 May 1898) was a New Zealand farmer, politician and entomologist. Early life Born in Mapperton, Dorset, England to Mary Scott and William Maskell, an Anglican clergyman, he attended school at St Mary's College in Oscott, Birmingham, and later in Paris, before being commissioned an ensign in the 11th Regiment of Foot with which he served for just under two years. He first came to New Zealand to Lyttelton, in 1860 aboard . He eventually became involved in the political campaigns of Frederick Weld and Charles Clifford. He returned to England sometime between 1861 and 1863, but returned by September 1865, purchasing a property in Broadleaze near Leithfield, Canterbury a short while after. He became registrar of the newly formed University of New Zealand in 1876 and held this position until his death. Maskell was married to Lydia Cooper Brown on 15 September 1874 in two ceremonies, one Catholic and one Protestant. After Lydia's de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olive
The olive, botanical name ''Olea europaea'', meaning 'European olive' in Latin, is a species of small tree or shrub in the family Oleaceae, found traditionally in the Mediterranean Basin. When in shrub form, it is known as ''Olea europaea'' 'Montra', dwarf olive, or little olive. The species is cultivated in all the countries of the Mediterranean, as well as in Australia, New Zealand, North and South America and South Africa. ''Olea europaea'' is the type species for the genus ''Olea''. The olive's fruit, also called an "olive", is of major agricultural importance in the Mediterranean region as the source of olive oil; it is one of the core ingredients in Mediterranean cuisine. The tree and its fruit give their name to the plant family, which also includes species such as lilac, jasmine, forsythia, and the true ash tree. Thousands of cultivars of the olive tree are known. Olive cultivars may be used primarily for oil, eating, or both. Olives cultivated for consumption ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chilocorus Orbus
''Chilocorus orbus'' is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is native to North America. It is a black, domed beetle with two large red spots and is commonly called the twice-stabbed lady beetle. Both adults and larvae feed on scale insects. Description The adult ''Chilocorus orbus'' is a dome-shaped beetle some long with club-shaped antennae. The shiny black elytra bear two oval red patches and the ventral surface of the beetle is reddish. There are other species of black-with-red-spots lady beetle with which this insect might be confused, these being '' Axion plagiatum'', '' Chilocorus kuwanae'', and '' Olla v-nigrum'', however in ''Chilocorus orbus'', the red patches are nearer the head than they are in the other species. The larvae resemble miniature alligators, have long legs and are grey or blackish; they have elongated bodies covered with branching spines. The pupae are also blackish and spiny, but are broader and shorter than the larvae. Distributio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhyzobius Lophanthae
''Rhyzobius lophanthae'', commonly known as the purple scale predator or the scale-eating ladybird, is a species of ladybird native to Queensland and Southern Australia. It was introduced into the United States in the 1890s and has since spread over the southern half of the country. Taxonomy This insect was first described in California in 1892 by the American entomologist Frank Ellsworth Blaisdell. He named it ''Scymnus lophanthae'', and thought it was a native American species. Unbeknown to him, the beetle was an introduced species, and at about the same time, it was described in its native Australia by the Australian entomologist Thomas Blackburn, who gave it the name ''Rhizobius toowoombae''. However, Blaisdell's name took precedence as it was published first, and ''R. toowoombae'' became a synonym. The specific name ''lophanthae'' means "of lophantha", referring to the plant ''Paraserianthes lophantha'' on which Blaisdell originally saw the ladybird. Description ''Rhyz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cryptolaemus Montrouzieri
''Cryptolaemus montrouzieri'', common name mealybug ladybird or mealybug destroyer, is a ladybird species. Etymology Étienne Mulsant described ''C. montrouzieri'', naming the new species after a Marist brother and missionary, Abbe Montrouzier, who wrote an "Insect Fauna of Woodlark Island". Distribution ''Cryptolaemus montrouzieri'' is endemic to Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. It is now also present in Europe (France, Italy, Spain, Greece and as far as Northern Germany), in North Africa, in the Afrotropical realm, in the Nearctic realm, and in the Neotropical realm. Description ''Cryptolaemus montrouzieri'' can reach a length of about . Adults of this species have the typical ladybird shape but, unlike many of the often brightly coloured Coccinellidae, the elytra of these small ladybirds are predominantly dark brown and have no spots. Head, antennae, pronotum, the end of the elytra and the legs are orange-brown. Larvae can reach a length of . They show a w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cybocephalus Micans
''Cybocephalus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Cybocephalidae, previously belonging to the subfamily Cybocephalinae of the family Nitidulidae, and comprising over 200 described species.Cline, AR, et al. (2014) Molecular phylogeny of Nitidulidae: assessment of subfamilial and tribal classification and formalization of the family Cybocephalidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). Systematic Entomology, 39: 758-772 Selected species * '' Cybocephalus aegyptianus'' Endrödy-Younga * '' Cybocephalus atomus'' C.Brisout de Barneville, 1866 * '' Cybocephalus balticus'' Kurochkin & Kirejtshuk, 2010 * '' Cybocephalus bourbonnensis'' Vinson, 1959 * '' Cybocephalus brevis'' Grouvelle, 1913 * '' Cybocephalus bulbophthalmus'' Endrödy-Younga, 1962 * '' Cybocephalus californicus'' Horn, 1879 * '' Cybocephalus canariensis'' Endrody-Younga, 1968 * '' Cybocephalus caribaeus'' Smith * '' Cybocephalus championi'' Smith * '' Cybocephalus chlorocapitis'' * '' Cybocephalus decaeni'' Vinson, 1959 * '' C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chilocorus
''Chilocorus'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Coccinellidae, subfamily Chilocorinae. List of species These species belong to the genus ''Chilocorus''. * '' Chilocorus bipustulatus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) - Heather ladybird * '' Chilocorus braeti'' Weise, 1895 - Cactus lady beetle * '' Chilocorus cacti'' (Linnaeus, 1767) * '' Chilocorus canariensis'' Crotch, 1874 * '' Chilocorus circumdatus'' (Gyllenhal in Schönherr, 1808) - Red chilocorus * '' Chilocorus coelosimilis'' Kapur, 1967 * '' Chilocorus fraternus'' LeConte, 1860 * '' Chilocorus hauseri'' Weise, 1895 * '' Chilocorus hexacyclus'' Smith * '' Chilocorus infernalis'' Mulsant, 1853 * '' Chilocorus kuwanae'' Silvestri, 1909 - Kuwana's lady beetle * '' Chilocorus matsumurai'' Miyatake, 1985 * '' Chilocorus melanophthalmus'' Mulsant, 1850 * '' Chilocorus melas'' Weise, 1898 * '' Chilocorus nigritus'' (Fabricius, 1798) - Black chilocorus * ''Chilocorus orbus ''Chilocorus orbus'' is a species of lady beetle in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleurodothrips Fasciapennis
''Aleurodothrips'' is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae Phlaeothripidae is a family of thrips with hundreds of genera. They are the only extant family of the suborder Tubulifera, alongside the extinct family Rohrthripidae and are themselves ordered into two subfamilies, the Idolothripinae with 80 g ....Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. (2019)Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X. Species * '' Aleurodothrips fasciapennis'' References Phlaeothripidae Thrips genera {{thrip-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Encarsia
''Encarsia'' is a large genus of minute parasitic wasps of the family Aphelinidae. The genus is very diverse with currently about 400 described species and worldwide distribution. Noyes, J. S. 2003Universal Chalcidoidea database/ref> The number of existing species is expected to be several times higher because many species are still undescribed.Heraty, J. M., et al. (2008) Systematics and Biology of ''Encarsia''. Chapter 4, pp. 71-87 In: Gould, J., et al. (Eds), In: Classical Biological Control of ''Bemisia tabaci'' in the United States. A review of interagency research and implementation. Progress in Biological Control 4. Springer Science and Business Media B. V. 1-343. ''Encarsia'' is a very complex genus, with specimens showing both inter- and intra-specific variations, making morphological classification difficult. The adult wasps, tiny insects about 1 or 2 millimeters in size, are primarily parasitoids of sessile stages of Sternorrhyncha, in particular whiteflies (Aleyrodid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
