Chiu, S.C., Chou, L.Y., Chou, K.C., & Chu, Y.I. 1985 Survey of the natural enemies of the lac insect, Kerria lacca, in Taiwan.. Special Publication (Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute) No. 19: 9-11.

Notes: [From: A review of the biological control of crop pests in Taiwan (1981-1984), Chiu, S.C. (Project leader).] Kerria lacca, originally introduced for commercial shellac production, has become an important orchard pest of litchis [Litchi chinensis], sugar apples [Annona squamosa], longans and other fruits in Taiwan. A survey of food-plants and natural enemies was made in 1981-82. Results indicated that the banyan tree (Ficus retusa) was the plant most favoured by the pest and its natural enemies, although both were also found on mangoes, longans and a species of Albizia. Adults of Eupelmus tachardiae, species in the encyrtid genera Parechthrodryinus and Tachardiaephagus, T. tachardiae and the eulophid Tetrastichus purpureus were reared from the pest, while a neuropteran in the genus Chrysopa, the noctuids Eublemma conspersa and E. roseonivea, the coccinellid Telsimia chujoi and an embiopteran belonging to the family Oligotomidae were found preying on it. None of these parasites or predators was observed to control the numbers of the pest.