Peñaflor, M.F.G.V., Andrade, F.M., Sales, L., Silveira, E.C., & Santa-Cecília, L.V.C. 2019 Interactions between white mealybugs and red spider mites sequentially colonizing coffee plants. Journal of Applied Entomology 143(9): 957-963

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ecology

Notes: Here, we investigated whether herbivory by the white mealybug Planococcus minor (Maskell) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) or the red spider mite Olygonychus ilicis (McGregor) (Acari: Tetranychidae), two herbivores that peak in coffee plantations during the dry season, may facilitate the colonization and establishment of the other species in coffee plants.