Polaszek, A., Noyes, J.S., Russell, S., & Ramadan, M.M. 2020 Metaphycus macadamiae (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) – a biological control agent of macadamia felted coccid Acanthococcus ironsidei (Hemiptera: Eriococcidae) in Hawaii. PLoS One https://doi.org/10.1371/ journal.pone.0230944

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biological control

natural enemies

Notes: A new species of encyrtid wasp, Metaphycus macadamiae Polaszek & Noyes (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae: Encyrtinae) is described as a solitary endoparasitoid of the invasive macadamia felted coccid, Acanthococcus ironsidei (Hemiptera: Eriococcidae) in Hawaii.

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