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Notes: Discussion of factors affecting encapsulation incidence; effect of host age, host strain, host's physiological condition, superparasitism, and the host plant; host species include Ceroplastes floridensis, Coccus hesperidum, Parasaissetia nigra, Protopulvinaria pyriformis, Pulvinaria urbicola, Milviscutulus mangiferae, Saissetia coffeae and S. oleae.