Predation of Coffee Berry Borer by a Green Lacewing.

Jéssica Mayara Coffler Botti Elem Fialho Martins Mayara Loss Franzin Madelaine Venzon

Published in: Neotropical entomology (2021)

We report here for the first time, the predation of coffee berry borer (CBB) Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) by a green lacewing species, Chrysoperla externa (Hagen). We showed in laboratory the predator ability to access CBB galleries, remove pest immature stages, and prey on them. We also observed predation by third instar larvae on CBB adults. With this note, we add a new predator to the reported list of species still little explored of CBB control.

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genetic diversity