Eleftheriadou, N., Kavallieratos, N.G., Malesios, C., Seehausen, M.L., Kenis, M., Lefoe, G.K., Lubanga, U.K., & Avtzis, D.N. 2024 Assessing the Prey Specificity of Neoleucopis spp. against Marchalina hellenica. Sustainability https://doi.org/10.3390/su16072756

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DNA sequencing

behavior

biological control

natural enemies

Notes: Field surveys and laboratory experiments were conducted on M. hellenica and a taxonomically related scale insect, Icerya purchasi Maskell (Hemiptera: Monophlebidae), to test the larval growth and survival of the flies on the two prey species and assess their specificity for M. hellenica.

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