Biological control is a viable alternative to the use of chemical
pesticides that are harmful to the environment. From this perspective, this
work aims to make an inventory of Coccinellidae and to classify them according
to their diet. Sampling by yellow sticky plates is carried out each week from
23 April to 24 July 2014 at the Eastern Metidja very important citrus region in
Algeria. A total of 16 ladybug species are sampled in four citrus species,
orange, lemon, clementine and pomelo. It is the Coccidiphagous that are the
richest with a total of 7 species, followed by the aphidophagous with 5 species
and mycophagous with the two species. Finally found the aleurodiphagous and
acariphagous, with a single species for each group. With regard to relative
abundance, a total of 467 individuals coccinellidae were captured, of which the
species Clitostethus arcuatus (ladybug aleurodiphagous) alone counted 285
individuals, that is 61.29%.
Primary Language | English |
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Journal Section | Articles |
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Publication Date | January 31, 2019 |
Published in Issue | Year 2019 Volume: 3 Issue: 1 |