''Gonatocerus ashmeadi'' is a species of
fairyfly
The Mymaridae, commonly known as fairyflies or fairy wasps, are a family of chalcidoid wasps found in temperate and tropical regions throughout the world. The family contains around 100 genera with 1400 species.
Fairyflies are very tiny insects ...
. Its natural range is Florida, Louisiana, northeastern Mexico, Mississippi, North Carolina, eastern Texas, and southern and central California.
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It is used to control the glassy-winged sharpshooter ''
Homalodisca vitripennis
The glassy-winged sharpshooter (''Homalodisca vitripennis'', formerly known as ''H. coagulata'') is a large leafhopper (family Cicadellidae), similar to other species of sharpshooter.
Description
These sharpshooters are about in length. Thei ...
'' (Hemiptera:
Cicadellidae)
References
Mymaridae
Insects described in 1915
Hymenoptera of North America
Biological pest control wasps
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