Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant

 

Taxonomic position

Coleoptera: Coccinellidae Crytolaemus montrouzieri

Years of introduction

1898, 1980

Source

Australia

Target pests

Coffee green scale, Coccus viridis (Green); Planococcus citri (Risso), P. lilacinus (Cockerell), Ferrisia virgata (Cockerell), Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green)

Host plants

Several horticultural and plantation crops, particularly citrus, grapevine, coffee

Cryptolaemus larva

Present status

Established, provides substantial control of some mealybugs

References

1. Mayne, W.W. 1953. Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant in South India. Nature, 172: 85.

2. Puttarudriah, M., ChannaBasavanna, G.P. and Krishna Murti, B. 1952. Discovery of Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant (Coccinellidae, Coleoptera, Insecta) in Ban­galore, South India. Nature, 169:377-378.

3. Singh, S.P. 1994. Fifteen years of AICRP on biological control. Project Directorate of Biological Control (ICAR), Bangalore, India. Technical Bulletin No. 8, 323 p.