Browsing Volume 31 – 1992 : Hawaiian Entomological Society by Author "Esguerra, Nelson"

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Establishment of Encarsia smithi (Silvestri) (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) on Pohnpei for Control of the Orange Spiny Whitefly, Aleurocanthus spiniferus (Quaintance) (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae)

Muniappan, R; Marutani, M; Esguerra, Nelson (Hawaiian Entomological Society, 1992)

Aleurocanthus spiniferus (Quaintance) was recognized as a serious problem on Pohnpei in 1987. Encarsia smithi (Silvestri) was released on January 7, 1988. The parasite was recovered on April 28, 1988, and an effective ...