In recent decades, the egg parasitoid Hadronotus pennsylvanicus (Ashmead) has gained
substantial attention as an important natural enemy of pestiferous leaffooted bug species in …

The western leaffooted bug, Leptoglossus zonatus (Dallas)(Heteroptera: Coreidae), is a key
pest of almonds and pistachios in the USA. With limited monitoring strategies and no …

The diet of adult parasitoid wasps is vital for their survival and reproduction. However, the
availability of food resources, such as plant nectar, can vary widely in cropping systems …

The invasive brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål), is a pest of growing
economic importance in the United States, the control of which currently relies on pesticide …

An adventive population of the exotic parasitoid wasp, Trissolcus japonicus (Ashmead)(
Hymenoptera: Scelionidae), discovered in Michigan in 2018, is a promising biological …

Abstract Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann (Heteroptera: Coreidae), commonly known
as western conifer seed bug (WCSB), is an invasive pest in the Mediterranean, where it has …

Trissolcus japonicus (Ashmead) is an Asian egg parasitoid of the brown marmorated stink
bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål). It has been under study in US quarantine facilities since …

Three parasitoids are known to attack the invasive leafminer Profenusa thomsoni Konow
(Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) in Alaska: Lathrolestes thomsoni Reshchikov, Lathrolestes …

Phytophagous insects have many strategies to escape parasitoids, for example by hiding
eggs into plant tissues, but oviposition in holes made by another insect is rather scarce. The …

Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann (Heteroptera, Coreidae), the western conifer seed
bug, is a serious conifer seed pest in North America; after its accidental introduction in Italy, it …