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Notes: Populations of M. hirsutus on hibiscus were successfully reduced as a result of releases of Anagyrus kamali and Gyranusoidea indica. Non-target populations such as Dysmicoccus brevipes, Ferrisia virgata, hypogeococcus pungens, Nipaecoccus sp., Paracoccus marginatus, Phenacoccus madierensis, Planococcus minor, Pseudococcus jackbeardsleyi, Pseudococcus longispinus and Puto barberi were not impacted by these releases.