Natural Enemies Associated with Citrus Flat Mite1 in a Commercial Orchard of Persian Lime at Sinaloa, México

Edgardo Cortez-Mondaca; Guillermo Gutiérrez-Soto; Teresa Santillan-Galicia; Fernando Alberto Valenzuela-Escoboza; Miguel Ángel López; Álvaro Ortíz Osuna

doi:10.3958/059.047.0109

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24 March 2022 Natural Enemies Associated with Citrus Flat Mite in a Commercial Orchard of Persian Lime at Sinaloa, México

Edgardo Cortez-Mondaca, Guillermo Gutiérrez-Soto, Teresa Santillan-Galicia, Fernando Alberto Valenzuela-Escoboza, Miguel Ángel López, Álvaro Ortíz Osuna

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Southwestern Entomologist, 47(1):107-112 (2022). https://doi.org/10.3958/059.047.0109

Abstract

From 18 samplings at 2-week intervals with yellow impaction traps, entomological net, and direct observation, natural enemies of the citrus flat mite, Brevipalpus californicus (Banks), were determined in a commercial orchard of Persian lime, Citrus × latifolia Tanaka Ex. Q. Jiménez: lady beetles, Stethorus pinachi (Gordon y Chapin), Cycloneda sanguinea (L.), and Chilocorus cacti (L.); lacewing, Chrysoperla spp.; pirate bug, Orius sp.; assassin bug, Zelus spp.; big eyed bug, Geocoris sp., and mites Phytoseiulus persimilis (Athias-Henriot), Amblyseius largoensis (Muma), Euseisus scutalis (Athias-Henriot), Neoseiulus cucumeris (Oudemans), Propioseiopsis sp., and Chelotimus sp. The study is the first formal report of entomophages associated with B. californicus in Persian lime at Sinaloa, Mexico.

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Edgardo Cortez-Mondaca, Guillermo Gutiérrez-Soto, Teresa Santillan-Galicia, Fernando Alberto Valenzuela-Escoboza, Miguel Ángel López, and Álvaro Ortíz Osuna "Natural Enemies Associated with Citrus Flat Mite in a Commercial Orchard of Persian Lime at Sinaloa, México," Southwestern Entomologist 47(1), 107-112, (24 March 2022). https://doi.org/10.3958/059.047.0109

Published: 24 March 2022

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