Annotated Checklist of California Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera)
Author
Zuparko, Robert L.
text
Zootaxa
2015
4017
1
1
126
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4017.1.1
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1175-5326
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Leptomastix
Förster 1856
Hosts.
Hemiptera
:
Pseudococcidae
dactylopii
Howard 1885
: 23
Type
.
USNM
Distribution.
E (San Luis Obispo, Ventura)
Host/habitat.
Delottococcus quaesitus
,
D
.
proteae
,
Dysmicoccus brevipes
,
Ferrisia virgata
,
Formicococcus njalensis
,
Nipaecoccus viridis
,
Phenacoccus gossypii
,
P
.
hargreavesi
,
P
.
maderiensis
,
P
.
saccharifolii
,
P
.
solani
,
Planococcus aemulor
,
P
.
citri
,
P.
ficus
,
P.
kenyae
,
P
.
kraunhiae
,
P
.
lilacinus
,
P
.
minor
,
P
.
vovae
,
P
. sp.,
Pseudococcus calceolariae
,
P
.
comstocki
.
P
.
concavocerarii
,
P
.
longispinus
,
P
.
maritimus
,
P
.
occiduus
,
P
.
viburni
,
P
.
sp
.;
NEW
:
Dysmicoccus ryani
(UCRC)
Remarks.
This species was imported from
Brazil
and released in a biocontrol program against
P
.
citri
in southern California in 1935, but apparently established only in the central coastal area of California (
Bartlett 1978c
), where it was found 80 years later (Daane
et al.
2008).