Gavara, A., Vacas, S., & Navarro-Llopis, V. 2024 Geographic Location, Population Dynamics, and Fruit Damage of an Invasive Citrus Mealybug: The Case of Delottococcus aberiae De Lotto in Eastern Spain. Insects https://doi.org/10.3390/insects15090659

Keywords:

  • control
  • distribution
  • economic importance
  • host
  • phenology

    • Notes: Our main goals were to determine the geographical distribution of D. aberiae throughout the citrus-growing area of the Valencian Community and the population monitoring of the pest over a five-year period (2019–2023). A selection of eight orchards located in selected sampling units of this surveillance network was prospected in order to obtain the fruit damage at the end of each year’s crop cycle, with the aim of observing how male captures and damages at the end of the season may be related.

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