Record of parasitoids of some scale and mealybug pests of mango from West Bengal, India.
Das B. K., Sahoo A. K.
Author Affiliation: All India Co-ordinated Research Project on Betelvine, Bidan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Kalyani 741 235, Nadia, West Bengal, India.
Journal of Biological Control 19 : 71-72
Abstract : A survey of parasitoids of scale and mealybug pests of mango was conducted in Malda district of West Bengal, India during 1999-2000. Chartocerus sp., Azotus sp. [Ablerus sp.] and Gyranusoidea tebygi were recorded on Rastrococcus invadens. Chartocerus walkeri, Aprostocetus sp., Promuscidea unfasciativentris, Anagyrus pseudococci and Anagyrus mirzai were recorded on Rastrococcus iceryoides. Two species of Aprostocetus, Encyrtus sp. and Austroterobia maldica were recorded on Icerya minor. Coccophagus ceroplastae and Promuscidea unfasciativentris were recorded from Pulvinaria polygonata [Chloropulvinaria polygonata].