especially eggplant and potato. It is frequently confused with similar species that might be present, with which it shares similar habits. Due to the initial
The range of host plants of Pseudococcus longispinus is less extensive than that of the citrus mealy bug but it nevertheless encompasses many species of
may lead to complete stripping and skeletisation of the leaves, whereby all that remains are the bigger veins. Young larvae also bore into buds, which results
effect The presence of Diglyphus isaea in the crop is signalled by short mines that contain dead leaf miner larvae. Older larvae and pupae are visible through
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brown-gold with two conspicuous droplet-shaped white marks on the forewing that sometimes overlap each other. The hindwings are brown. The body is brown
horticola ). These flights are carried out by the males, who mate with females that stay close to the ground. Females start to deposit eggs into the soil at
plant sap and grow rapidly. When reproduction is sexual, the aphids lay eggs that overwinter. In greenhouses reproduction also takes place by parthenogenesis