Half a million species of herbivorous insects have been described. Most of them are diet
specialists, using only a few plant species as hosts. Biologists suspect that their specificity is …

The Opuntia cochineal scale or false carmine cochineal scale, Dactylopius opuntiae
(Cockerell)(Hemiptera: Dactylopiidae), is spreading rapidly in many countries, especially in …

Diagnose. Insetos hemimetábolos, terrestres, aquáticos ou semiaquáticos. Variam de 0, 5 a
130 mm de comprimento. A coloração geralmente é uniforme, inconspícua, porém há …

Hemipterans are known as hosts to bacterial or fungal symbionts that supplement their
unbalanced diet with essential nutrients. Among them, scale insects (Coccomorpha) are …

Abstract Armored scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Diaspididae) are major
economic pests and are among the world's most invasive species. Here we describe a …

Abstract Mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae, Rhizoecidae and Xenococcidae) are
important organisms for understanding processes of evolution, especially microbial …

In 1940, EE Green's collection of scale insects, consisting of 6505 microscope slides and
2172 boxes of dry material, was donated to the The Natural History Museum, London, UK …

Since its inception, antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) have been extensively used in
functional genomics. Recent advancements in chemical modification and delivery …

Synthetic chemicals are extensively used to limit the substantial crop damage induced by
two closely related scale insects, the vine mealybug Planococcus ficus (Signoret) and the …

The vine mealybug (VMB), Planococcus ficus, is a major grapevine pest worldwide, whose
chemical control is often unsatisfactory due to its cryptic behavior, insecticide resistance and …