TAVARES, C.; JACTEL, Herve; VAN HALDER, Inge; BRANCO, Manuela

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TAVARES, C.
Universidade de Lisboa = University of Lisbon = Université de Lisbonne [ULISBOA]

JACTEL, Herve
Biodiversité, Gènes & Communautés [BioGeCo]

VAN HALDER, Inge
Biodiversité, Gènes & Communautés [BioGeCo]

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Environmental Entomology. 2015, vol. 44, n° 3, p. 846-854

Entomological Society of America

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Several pine bast scales (Hemiptera: Matsucoccidae) are important pests of pine trees in the Northern Hemisphere. Some species are invasive and cause significant economic and environmental impacts. Such is the case with Matsucoccus feytaudi Ducasse, an invasive pest of maritime pine forests in Southeastern France, Italy, and Corsica. The ladybird Iberorhyzobius rondensis (Eizaguirre) is a recently described species that is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula and is a potential candidate for the biological control of M. feytaudi. However, little is known of the biology of I. rondensis. As part of the risk assessment study for a classical biological control program, the phenology and reproductive mechanisms of the beetle were analyzed. I. rondensis is univoltine and is seasonally synchronized with the phenology of the prey M. feytaudi, which is also univoltine. An obligatory reproductive diapause of 5–6 mo and the need to feed on the eggs of the prey to begin oviposition emerged as the two primary mechanisms that assure life cycle synchronization of the ladybird with its prey. Female fecundity was also higher when the ladybirds were fed M. feytaudi eggs. Life cycle synchronization with M. feytaudi and reproduction triggered by consumption of prey eggs indicate that I. rondensis is a promising biological control agent of the pine bast scale.< Réduire

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bast scale

biocontrol

coccidophagous

synchronization

ladybird

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Reproductive requirements and life cycle of Iberorhyzobius rondensis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), potential biological control agent of Matsucoccus feytaudi (Hemiptera: Matsucoccidae)

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