citrus mealy bug, planococcus citri (risso)is one of the most common and well knownpest insects of ornamentals. coleus, solenostemon scutellarioides (l.)codd is a suitable host ofthe mealybugs. mealybug destroyer, cryptolaemus montrouzieri mulsant (coleoptera:coccinellidae) is a polyphagous predatory coccinellid, employed in biological controlprograms against citrusmealy bug. the present work w...

The brightest and most vivid colours in nature arise from the interaction of light with surfaces that exhibit periodic structure on the micro- and nanoscale. In the wings of butterflies, for example, a combination of multilayer interference, optical gratings, photonic crystals and other optical structures gives rise to complex colour mixing. Although the physics of structural colours is well un...

biological and demographic parameters of the mealybug ladybird, cryptolaemus montrouzieri (mulsant) were evaluated on citrus mealybug, planococcus citri (risso) and obscure mealybug, pseudococcus viburni (signoret) under 24 ± 2 ºc, 80 ± 5% relative humidity and a photoperiod of 16:8 (l: d) h. the mealybugs had a significant effect on developmental time and reproductive and demographic parameter...

The larvae of seven species of Chlorogomphidae from South China are described based on reared larvae, i.e. Chlorogomphus kitawakii Karube, C. nasutus nasutus Needham, C. papilio Ris, C. shanicus Wilson, C. usudai Ishida, C. yokoii Karube and Chloropetalia soarer Wilson. The adult female of C. kitawakii is first described. Biological information on Chlorogomphidae is provided and a diagnosis of ...

The mocker swallowtail, Papilio dardanus, has a female-limited polymorphic mimicry. This polymorphism is controlled by allelic variation at a single locus with at least 11 alleles. Many of the alternative morphs are accurate mimics of different species of distasteful butterflies. Geneticists have long been interested in the mechanism by which a single gene can have such diverse and profound eff...

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