Aphidophagy by Coccinellidae: Application of biological control in agroecosystems

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Scale insects, mealybugs, whiteflies and psyllids (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha) as prey of ladybirds (2009, background): “Coccinellidae feed on a wide variety of prey species (Hodek, 1996), e.g. mites (Biddinger et al., 2009), aphids (Obrycki et al., 2009), Coleoptera and Lepidoptera (Evans, 2009), and non-prey food (Lundgren, 2009; Sutherland and Parrella, 2009).”
The harlequin ladybird, Harmonia axyridis: global perspectives on invasion history and ecology (2016, background): “…Magro University of Toulouse - ENFA, UMR CNRS/UPS/ENFA 5174 Évolution et diversité biologique, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (Lucas et al. 2007; Obrycki et al. 2009) and H. axyridis is considered an important predator of aphid pests in several crops, including pecan (LaRock et al. 2003;…”
The evolution of food preferences in Coccinellidae (2009, background): “Most of the preferred prey belong to the hemipteran suborder Sternorrhyncha (aphids, aldelgids, scales, mealybugs, whiteflies, and psyllids) (Hodek and Honěk, 2009; Obrycki et al., 2009), but there are significant deviations from this pattern.”
Non-crop vegetation associated with chili pepper agroecosystems promote the abundance and survival of aphid predators (2013, unknown): “The wider diversity may therefore be related to complementary foraging strategies between species, differing nutritional requirements and aspects of niche partitioning (Obrycki et al., 2009; Snyder, 2009).”