Natural Enemies of Pseudaulacaspis pentagona Targioni-Tozzetti in Serbia

Abstract

Five parasitoid and five predator species were registered on P. pentagona on 12 localities in Serbia and 27 in the area of Belgrade during 1997-2000. The parasitoid species registered were: Prospaltella berlesei (Howard), Aphytis proclia (Walker), Zaomma lambinus (Walker), Azotus perspeciosus (Girault) and Oomyzus scaposus (Thomson), and the first three species were primary parasitoids of mulberry scale. P. berlesei and A. proclia were found to be the most important regulators of P. pentagona population density with parasitism mounting to 60, even 64%. The predator species determined were Chilocorus renipustulatus Scriba,Chilocorus bipustulatus L., Cybocephalus fodori Endrody-Younga, Chrysopa carnea Stephens and Deraeocoris ruber Linnaeus. The species C. fodori and C. carnea were found on mulberrry scale in Serbia for the first time. Until now D. ruber was unknown as P. pentagona predator in both domestic and international literature.

Keywords

• Pseudaulacaspis pentagona
• Natural enemies
• Serbia