Corpus ID: 55498340

PREDATORY SPIDERS IN LIME ORCHARDS AND THEIR IMPORTANCE IN THE CONTROL OF CITRUS LEAFMINER, PHYLLOCNISTIS CITRELLA (LEPIDOPTERA: GRACILLARIIDAE)

@inproceedings{Amalin1999PREDATORYSI,
  title={PREDATORY SPIDERS IN LIME ORCHARDS AND THEIR IMPORTANCE IN THE CONTROL OF CITRUS LEAFMINER, PHYLLOCNISTIS CITRELLA (LEPIDOPTERA: GRACILLARIIDAE)},
  author={D. Amalin and J. Pe{\~n}a},
  year={1999}
}

D. Amalin, J. Peña

Published 1999

Biology

Predaceous spiders outnumbered green lacewings, coccinellids, and ants in lime orchards. The density of green lacewings (Chrysoperla rufilabris) was significantly higher than the coccinellids {Harmonia sp.) and ants (Myrmelachista sp.). Nine families, 25 genera and 16 identifiable species of spiders were recorded. Significantly more spiders were found in non- sprayed orchards than in sprayed ones. The same situation was observed for other predatory arthropods (i.e., lacewings, coc cinellids… CONTINUE READING

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