Félix, A.P., Rocha, P., Brazao, C.I., & Franquinho Aguiar, A.M. 2005 Criacao laboratorial e aspectos morfologicos de Hyperaspis panterina Fuersch (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) predador de Orthezia insignis Browne (Homoptera: Ortheziidae).. Boletín de Sanidad Vegetal, Plagas 31(4): 473-481.

Notes: Title in English: Laboratory culturing and morphological aspects of Hyperaspis pantherina Fuersch (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) a predator of the Orthezia insignis Browne (Homoptera: Ortheziidae). The ladybird Hyperaspis pantherina Fuersch, was imported from Kenya, through KEFRI (Kenya Forestry Research Institute), to Madeira Island in 2002 to be used as a predator in the biological control of Orthezia insignis Browne, an homopteran infesting Jacaranda mimosifolia D. Don trees. A new rearing methodology to increase the production of this predator is presented based on the knowledge of its biology, predator-prey interaction and earlier rearing methodologies like that described in FOWLER (1993). Morphological aspects of the different development stages are described in detail.