Background Mymaridae is an ancient insect group and is a basal lineage of the superfamily
Chalcidoidea. Species of Mymaridae have great potential for biological control. Anagrus …

Simple Summary Trichogramma wasps are minute egg parasitoids that are one of the most
used biocontrol agents to manage lepidopteran pests. Given the great success in …

Abstract Background Adelphocoris suturalis (Hemiptera: Miridae) is a notorious agricultural
pest, which causes serious economic losses to a diverse range of agricultural crops around …

Background: The grasshopper Shirakiacris shirakii is an important agricultural pest and
feeds mainly on gramineous plants, thereby causing economic damage to a wide range of …

The plant bug, Pachypeltis micranthus Mu et Liu (Hemiptera: Miridae), is a potential
biological control agent for Mikania micrantha HBK (Asteraceae; one of the most invasive …

Though the genomes of many rice herbivorous pests have recently been well characterized,
little is known about the genome of their natural enemies. Here, by using the Illumina and …

Abstract Chelonus formosanus Sonan 1932 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is a wasp capable
of parasitizing a variety of lepidopteran pests at the “egg-larval” stage which distributes …

Abstract Microplitis manilae Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is an important parasitoid
of agricultural pests in lepidopteran species. So far, two extant genome assembles from the …

Chouioia cunea Yang is an endoparasitic wasp that attacks pupae of Hyphantria cunea
(Drury), an invasive moth species that severely damages forests in China. Chemosensory …

Abstract Background Laodelphax striatellus Fallén (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) is one of the
most destructive rice pests. L. striatellus is different from 2 other rice planthoppers with a …