Cryptolaemus montrouzieri (mealybug destroyer)
Identity
- Preferred Scientific Name
- Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant
- Preferred Common Name
- mealybug destroyer
- International Common Names
- Englishdestroyer, mealybugladybird, mealybugmealybug ladybird
- EPPO code
- CRYEMO (Cryptolaemus montrouzieri)
Pictures
Adult
Cryptolaemus montrouzieri; Adult.
©Gilles San Martin/via Flickr - CC BY-SA 2.0
Larva
Cryptolaemus montrouzieri; Larva predating on mealybug nymphs. March 2011.
©Guido Bohne (gbohne)/via Flickr - CC BY-SA 2.0
Larva
Cryptolaemus montrouzieri; Larva predating on mealybug nymphs. March 2011.
©Guido Bohne (gbohne)/via Flickr - CC BY-SA 2.0
Larva
Cryptolaemus montrouzieri; Larvae mimic adult mealybugs. January 2014.
©Graham Wise/via Wikimedia Commons - CC BY 2.0
Larva
Cryptolaemus montrouzieri; Larvae mimic adult mealybugs. January 2014.
©Graham Wise/via Wikimedia Commons - CC BY 2.0
Adult
Cryptolaemus montrouzieri; Adult covered in pollen. West Java, Indonesia. November 2010.
©Guido Bohne (gbohne)/via Flickr - CC BY-SA 2.0
Natural enemy
Planococcus citri (citrus mealybug); natural enemy. The beetle (ladybird, ladybeetle) Cryptolaemus montrouzieri (mealybug destroyer), predating a citrus mealybug.
©Sonya Broughton/Department of Agriculture & Food Western Australia/Bugwood.org - CC BY-NC 3.0 US
Pupae
C. montrouzieri pupae on guava bark.
Mike Copland, Wye College
Adult
C. montrouzieri adult on a mealybug colony.
Mike Copland, Wye College
Larva
C. montrouzieri larva eating Pseudococcus viburni.
Mike Copland, Wye College
CABI
Adult
Cryptolaemus montrouzieri
CABI
CABI
Distribution
Impact
C. montrouzieri has an important role in mealybug control in citrus, guava, grape and other field crops and is widely used in protected cultivation; it reduces the need for pesticide use in crops such as Citrus, grape and guava.
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History
Published online: 22 November 2019
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