A 28-year study (1970-1997) of olive trees grown in Granada (southern Spain) has revealed the levels of attack by the olive moth (Prays oleae Bern.), as well as the beneficial action of oophagous predators (Chrysopidae). On the basis of the results, the damage caused by the moth has been divided into three categories, and the yield and economic losses have been evaluated. When the final attack ...

Habitat management is a conservation biological control technique which helps to reduce the use of inputs in olive orchards and also improve sustainability. Recent studies have pointed out that vegetation cover, provides food resources, as well reproduction refuge sites, increases Chrysopidae populations diversity. However, little known about effect woody semi-natural habitats (SNHs) orchards. ...

The objective of this study was to determine the genetic diversity among Chrysoperla carnea samples collected from different locations Iran (including, East-Azerbaijan, West-Azerbaijan, Isfahan, Kerman, Kermanshah, Lorestan, Mazandaran, Gilan, Hormozgan and Hamedan provinces) using Inter simple sequence repeat (ISSR) mitochondrial (Cytochrome Oxidase I - COI) molecular markers in 2016-2018. res...

Asthenochrysa viridula Adams, 1978 (Chrysopidae: Nothochrysinae) is a neotropical species. Until now, this species was known from only few specimens: the holotype female Misiones, province in northeastern Argentina and male two females states of Minas Gerais Espírito Santo Brazil. In contribution, A. reported for first time Tucumán, located northwestern also Santa Cruz, an eastern department Bo...