Data on biology and ecology of Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni Tozzetti) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) on fruit trees in the Peloponnese

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The study was conducted In Kalamata, Messinia, province of the Peloponnese, where infestations of Pseudauacaspis pentagona (Targioni Tozzetti) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) were found on kiwi trees Actinidia deliciosa (Actinidiaceae), peach trees Prunus persica (Rosaceae) and mulberry trees Morus alba (Moraceae). Data on biology and ecology of the scale were recorded by samplings of infested branches of mulberry trees and by examining them in the laboratory, during the years 2016-2018. Pseudaulacaspis pentagona is an oviparous and amphigonic species. The fecundity of the scale fluctuated between 97 and 133 eggs per female. In the area of Kalamata it completed 3 generations per year and overwintered as mated pre-ovipositing female. The main natural enemies of P. pentagona recorded in the area of Kalamata are the coccinellid predators: Chilocorus bipustulatus (L.) and Rhyzobius lophanthae Blaisdell.

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George J. Stathas

University of Peloponnese

Email: gstathas@teikal.gr
Professor Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology and Zoology, Department of Agriculture, School of Agriculture and Food Antikalamos, Greece

Α. Kostriva

University of Peloponnese

Email: gstathas@teikal.gr
Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology and Zoology, Department of Agriculture, School of Agriculture and Food Antikalamos, Greece

Panagiotis J. Skouras

University of Peloponnese

Email: gstathas@teikal.gr
Phd, Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology and Zoology, Department of Agriculture, School of Agriculture and Food Antikalamos, Greece

Dimitrios C. Kontodimas

Benaki Phytopathological Institute

Email: d.kontodimas@bpi.gr
Phd, Head of Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology, Department of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology Kifissia, Greece

Ch. F Karipidis

University of Ioannina

Email: gstathas@teikal.gr
Laboratory of Productive Agriculture and Plant Health, School of Agriculture Arta, Greece

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