SOME PREDATORS, PARASITES/PARASITIODS

AND ENTOMOPATHOGENS

PREDATORS ORDER/FAMILY PREY

COMMON/SCIENTIFIC NAME
PREDATORS

Lady beetles
Micraspis crocea Coleoptera:Coccinellidae Small planthoppers,
larvae, exposed
eggs, aphids
Harmonia octomaculata -do- -do-
Cheilomenes sexmaculatus -do- -do-
Yellow nettle beetle – Coleoptera Nymphs and adults
Heteroneda billaderi of mango
leafhoppers
Black beetle – Chilocorus Coleoptera Coconut scale
nigrito insect
Ophionea nigrofasciata Coleoptera:Carabidae Planthoppers
Crickets
Metioche vittaticollis Orthoptera:Gryllidae Eggs of stripe and
dark-heade
stemborers,
leaffolders,
armyworms, whorl
maggots, small
larvae, nymphs of
planthoppers and
leafhoppers
Anaxipha longipennis -do- -do-
Grasshoppers
Conocephalus longipennis Orthoptera:Tettigoniidae Rice bug and
(dual food habit:on rice foliage stemborer eggs,
and panicles and on insects) leafhopper and
planthopper
nymphs
Water bugs
Microvelia douglasi atrolineata Hemiptera:Veliidae Planthopper
nymphs, other
small soft-bodied
insects
Mesovelia vittigera Hemiptera:Mesoveliidae Stemborer larvae
and hoppers
Limnogonus fossarum Hemiptera:Gerridae Rice hoppers,
moths, larvae
Cyrtorhinus lividipennis Hemiptera:Miridae Hopper eggs
Diplonychus rusticus Hemiptera:Belostomatidae Mosquito wrigglers
(Aedes aegypti)
Assassin bugs
Polytoxus fuscovittatus Hemiptera:Reduviidae Larvae of moths
and butterflies
Eucanthecona Hemiptera Eggs and early 1st
instar corn borer
larvae
Orius tantillus Hemiptera
Damselflies
Agriocnemis pygmaea Odonata:Coenagrionidae Leaffolder moths,
hoppers
Agriocnemis femina femina -do- -do-
Earwigs
Euborellia stali Dermaptera: Carcinophoridae Larvae of
stemborers and
leaffolders
Euborellia annulata Dermaptera:Carcinophoridae Corn borer
Labiduria riparia Dermaptera:Labiduridae Corn borer
Chelisoches morio Dermaptera:Chelisochidae Aphids, CSI
Elephant mosquito (larvae only) Diptera:Culicidae Larvae of Aedes
– Toxorhynchites amboinensis, aegypti, A.
T. splendens albopictus
Predatory ants
Solenopsis geminate Hymenoptera:Formicidae Eggs/adults of
black bug
Wolf spiders
Lycosa pseudoannulata Araneae:Lycosidae Stemborer moths,
planthopper and
leafhopper nymphs
Lynx spiders
Oxyopes javanus Araneae:Oxyopidae Moths
Oxyopes lineatipes -do- -do-
Jumping spider
Phidippus sp. Araneae:Salticidae Green leafhoppers,
other small insects
Dwarf spider
Atypena formosana Araneae:Lyniphiidae Leafhopper and
planthopper
nymphs
Orb spiders
Argiope catenulate Araneae:Aranaeidae Leafhoppers,
planthoppers and
flies
Agriope inustus -do- -do-
Predatory mites
Proctolaelaps yinchuanensis Gamasida:Ascidae Polyphagotarsonem
us latus (mites)
Proprioseiopsis lenis Gamasida: Phytoseiidae Tetranychus urticae
Amblyseius philipsi
Neoseiulus calorai
Neoseiulus longispinosus

PARASITES/PARASITOIDS ORDER:FAMILY HOST

Wasps
Tetrastichus schoenobii Hymenoptera:Eulopidae Stemborer eggs
Telenomus rowani Hymenoptea: Scelionidae Stemborer eggs
Telonomus cyrus -do- Black bug eggs
Gonatocerus spp. Hymenoptera:Mymaridae Hopper eggs
Anagrus optabilis -do- Hopper eggs
Anagrus flaveolus -do- Hopper eggs
Trichomalopsis apanteloctena Hymenoptera:Pteromalidae Eggs and pupae
Copidosomopsis nacoleiae Hymenoptera:Encyrtidae Leaffolder eggs
Amauromorpha accepta Hymenoptera:Ichneumonidae Stemborer larvae
metathoracica
Itoplectis narangae Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae Larvae
Trichomma cnaphalocrosis -do- Leaffolder larvae

Flies/Strepsipterans
Tomosvaryella subvirescens
Pipunculus mutillatus
Halictophagus spectrus
Elenchus yasumatsui
Argyrophylax nigrotibialis
Diptera:Pipunculidae Leafhoppers
Diptera:Pipunculidae Leafhoppers
Strepsiptera:Halictophagidae Hoppers
Strepsiptera:Elenchidae Hoppers
Diptera: Tachinidae Skipper larvae

ENTOMOPATHOGENS HOST

Metarhizium anisopliae (green Hoppers, bugs,

muscardine) beetles
Metarhizium flavoviride
Beauveria bassiana (white Planthoppers,
muscardine) leafhoppers, stem
borers, leafolders,
rice bugs, black
bugs
Hirsutella citriformis Planthoppers and
leafhoppers
Nomuraea rileyi Larvae of stem borers, worms, green hairy
leaffolders, armyworms, case caterpillars
Nuclear polyhedrosis viruses Armyworms,
cutworms
Granulosis viruses Moth and butterfly
larvae
VECTOR-TRANSMITTED PATHOGENS/ENTITIES CAUSING HUMAN DISEASES