Scale Insects and Natural Enemies Associated with Conilon Coffee ( Coffea canephora ) in São Paulo State, Brazil

Ivana Lemos Souza (), Hágabo Honorato de Paulo, Matheus Alves de Siqueira, Valmir Antonio Costa, Ana Paula Gonçalves da Silva Wengrat, Ana Lúcia Benfatti Gonzalez Peronti and Nilza Maria Martinelli
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Ivana Lemos Souza: Department of Agricultural Science, School of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, São Paulo State University (Unesp), Jaboticabal Access Way Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, Jaboticabal 14884-900, SP, Brazil
Hágabo Honorato de Paulo: Department of Agricultural Science, School of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, São Paulo State University (Unesp), Jaboticabal Access Way Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, Jaboticabal 14884-900, SP, Brazil
Matheus Alves de Siqueira: Department of Agricultural Science, School of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, São Paulo State University (Unesp), Jaboticabal Access Way Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, Jaboticabal 14884-900, SP, Brazil
Valmir Antonio Costa: Biological Institute, Advanced Research Center in Plant Protection and Animal Health, Alameda dos Vidoeiros 1097, Campinas 13101-680, SP, Brazil
Ana Paula Gonçalves da Silva Wengrat: Department of Entomology and Acarology, “Luiz de Queiroz” College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo (ESALQ/USP), Piracicaba 13418-900, SP, Brazil
Ana Lúcia Benfatti Gonzalez Peronti: Department of Agricultural Science, School of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, São Paulo State University (Unesp), Jaboticabal Access Way Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, Jaboticabal 14884-900, SP, Brazil
Nilza Maria Martinelli: Department of Agricultural Science, School of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, São Paulo State University (Unesp), Jaboticabal Access Way Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, Jaboticabal 14884-900, SP, Brazil

Agriculture, 2023, vol. 13, issue 4, 1-9

Abstract: Several insect pests are related to the cultivation of conilon coffee, Coffea canephora (Rubiaceae), including (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha). Coccoids damage plants by sucking their sap, producing honeydew, and transmitting viruses. Parasitoids and predators are natural enemies that regulate the insect population and can be used in mealybug biological control. This study aimed to survey scale insects and natural enemies associated with C . canephora in the city of Jaboticabal, São Paulo State, Brazil. Two species of mealybugs from the family Coccidae and three from the family Pseudococcidae were collected in different plant structures. Natural enemies collected comprised hymenopteran parasitoids from the families Aphelinidae, Eulophidae, Encyrtidae, and Perilampidae; predator beetles of the family Coccinellidae; dipterans from the family Cecidomyiidae; and thrips of the family Aeolothripidae. This is the first report of the mealybug species Coccus brasiliensis, Pseudococcus longispinus , and Pseudococcus cryptus ; of the parasitoids Coccophagus rusti , Aprostocetus sp., Aenasius advena , Aenasius fusciventris , Aenasius pseudococci, and Perilampus sp.; and of the predators Cycloneda conjugata , Pseudoazya nana , Diadiplosis coccidivora , Diadiplosis sp., and Franklinothrips vespiformis , associated with C . canephora . Knowledge of mealybug species and their respective natural enemies will contribute to biological control strategies in planning the integrated management of mealybugs associated with conilon coffee.

Keywords: biological control; Coccoidea; host; parasitoids; predators; prey (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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