UF/IFAS

Beneficial Organisms – Parasitoids

Photographs of Species Commonly Encountered in Florida

Department of Entomology and Nematology
University of Florida

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Photographs of Species Commonly Encountered in Florida

Text by: Carmen Collazo, James P. Cuda, James Dunford, Verena-Ulrike Lietze and Sarah Taber

Images by: David Almquist, Joseph Berger, Peter Bryant, Lyle Buss, John Capinera, David Cappaert, James Castner, Paul Choate, Whitney Cranshaw, Rita Duncan, Andrew Forbes, Avas Hamon, Verena Lietze, Stephen Luk, Jason Meyer, NBAII, India, Andrei Sourakov, University of Florida

Image Selection and Compilation by:  Carmen Collazo, James Dunford, Verena-Ulrike Lietze and Sarah Taber

Image Enhancement and Disc Label by: Jane C. Medley

Selected References by: James P. Cuda and Verena-Ulrike Lietze

The photographs on this CD-ROM are provided in three different formats:

• Small version: File size < 1MB, RGB, JPG format

• Medium version: File size 1 < 2 MB, RGB, JPG format

• Large version: File size about 8MB, RGB, JPG format

Beneficial Arthropods and Biological Control 

Because parasitoids are so often host-specific, they are listed by host. Each pest-host name is followed by its associated parasitoid(s).

COLEOPTERA

Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata

• Myiopharus doryphorae, a fly

Diaprepes root weevil, Diaprepes abbreviatus

• Aprostocetus vaquitarum, a wasp

• Quadrastichus haitiensis, a wasp

White grubs or June beetles, Phyllophaga spp.

• Myzinum sp., a wasp species

• Pelecinus polyturator, a wasp

DIPTERA

Asian hydrilla leafmining fly, Hydrellia pakistanae

• Trichopria columbiana, a wasp

House fly, Musca domestica

• Muscidifurax raptorellus, a wasp

HEMIPTERA

Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri

• Diaphorencyrtus aligarhensis, a wasp

• Tamarixia radiata, a wasp

Baldcypress scale, Diaspidiotus taxodii

• Coccobius varicornis, a wasp

Brown citrus aphid, Toxoptera citricida

• Lipolexis scutellaris/oregmae, a wasp

• Lysiphlebus testaceipes, a wasp

Citrus blackfly, Aleurocanthus woglumi

• Encarsia perplexa, a wasp

Citrus whitefly, Dialeurodes citri

• Encarsia lahorensis, a wasp

Cycad aulacaspis scale, Aulacaspis yasumatsui

• Coccobius fulvus, a wasp

Giant whitefly, Aleurodicus dugesii

• Encarsia noyesi, a wasp

Green peach aphid, Myzus persicae

• Lysiphlebus testaceipes, a wasp

Melon aphid or cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii

• Aphelinus gossypii, a wasp

• Lysiphlebus testaceipes, a wasp

Oleander aphid, Aphis nerii

• Lysiphlebus testaceipes, a wasp

Papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus

• Acerophagus papaya, a wasp

Pink hibiscus mealybug, Maconellicoccus hirsutus

• Anagyrus kamali, a wasp

• Gyranusoidea indica, a wasp

Southern green stink bug, Nezara viridula

• Trichopoda pennipes, a fly

Squash bug, Anasa tristis

• Trichopoda pennipes, a fly

Sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci biotype B

• Encarsia formosa, a wasp

• Eretmocerus eremicus, a wasp

• Eretmocerus mundus, a wasp

HYMENOPTERA

Red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta

• Pseudacteon curvatus, a fly

• Pseudacteon tricuspis, a fly

LEPIDOPTERA

Armyworm, Pseudaletia unipuncta

• Cotesia marginiventris, a wasp

• Meteorus autographae, a wasp

Beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua

• Cotesia marginiventris, a wasp

• Meteorus autographae, a wasp

Citrus leafminer, Phyllocnistis citrella

• Ageniaspis citricola, a wasp

Corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea

• Cotesia sp. marginiventris, a wasp

• Telenomus remus, a wasp

• Trichogramma minutum, a wasp