Nutritional plasticity of the predatory ladybeetle Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): Comparison between natural and substitution prey

Specty, Olivier; Febvay, Gérard; Grenier, Simon; Delobel, B.; Piotte, Christine; Pageaux, Jean‐François; Ferran, André; Guillaud, J.

doi:10.1002/arch.10070

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Nutritional plasticity of the predatory ladybeetle Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): Comparison between natural and substitution prey

Published in Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology • Jan 15, 2003

Authors:

Olivier Specty

Gérard Febvay

Simon Grenier

Abstract

The predatory coccinellid Harmonia axyridis is a polyphagous species, efficient at controlling certain aphid species and already commercialized in Europe for that purpose. The complete development of this predator can be accomplished using the aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum or Ephestia kuehniella eggs as...

Subject

Harmonia axyridis

Biology

Acyrthosiphon pisum

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