El Aalaoui, M., Singh, P., Bouharroud, R., Sbaghi, M., El Bouhssini, M., & Hilali, L. 2019 Predatory potential of eleven native Moroccan adult ladybird species on different stages of Dactylopius opuntiae (Cockerell) (Hemiptera: Dactylopiidae). Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 49 (2), 374–379
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Notes: To control Dactylopius opuntiae, the predatory potential of eleven species of native Moroccan ladybird predators was investigated under laboratory conditions. In the no-choice feeding tests, Exochomus nigripennis, Chilocorus bipustulatus and Chilocorus politus consumed the highest mean number of mealybug eggs and first instars, and the highest mean number of second instars was consumed by Hippodamia convergens. In the free-choice feeding tests the highest mean number of mealybug eggs was eaten by Chilocorus bipustulatus and Chilocorus politus and Hippodamia convergens consumed the highest mean number of first and second instars of the mealybug.
