Hippodamia convergens ir mārīšu suga.
Hippodamia convergens ir plaši izplatīta Ziemeļamerikā — Meksikā, ASV un Kanādas rietumos, un Centrālamerikā. Dienvidamerikā sastopama Kolumbijā.[1]
Hippodamia convergens ir svarīgs dabisks ienaidnieks dažādiem kukaiņiem, tajā skaitā laputīm, bruņutīm, tripšiem un citiem mīkstķermeņu kukaiņiem. Toties mārītes var baroties arī ar ziedputekšņiem un ar nektāru, ja ir kukaiņu upuru trūkums.[1]
Hippodamia convergens upuru sarakstā ir:[2]
- suga: Acyrthosiphon pisum Harris, 1776
- suga: Aphis fabae Scopoli, 1763[3]
- suga: Aphis spiraecola Patch, 1914
- suga: Melanaphis sacchari (Zehntner, 1897)[4]
- suga: Diuraphis noxia Kurdjumov, 1913
- suga: Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch, 1856)
- suga: Rhopalosiphum padi (Linnaeus, 1758)
- suga: Myzus nicotianae Blackman, 1987
- suga: Myzus persicae (Sulzer, 1776)[5]
- suga: Sitobion avenae (Fabricius, 1775)[6]
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 Featured Creatures. convergent lady beetle
- ↑ Luis F. Aristizábal & Steven P. Arthurs. (2014) Convergent Lady Beetle Hippodamia convergens Guérin-Méneville (Insecta: Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). IFAS Extensions
- ↑ Travis M. Hinkelman & Brigitte Tenhumberg. (2012) Larval Performance and Kill Rate of Convergent Ladybird Beetles,Hippodamia convergens, on Black Bean Aphids, Aphis fabae, and Pea Aphids, Acyrthosiphon pisum. Journal of Insect Science, 13(46)
- ↑ F. Colares, J. P. Michaud, C. L. Bain & J. B. Torres. Relative Toxicity of Two Aphicides to Hippodamia convergens (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): Implications for Integrated Management of Sugarcane Aphid, Melanaphis sacchari (Hemiptera: Aphididae). J Econ Entomol. 2017 Feb 1;110(1):52-58 doi:10.1093/jee/tow265
- ↑ R. M. Hamilton, E. B. Doğan, G. B. Schaalje & G. M. Booth. Olfactory Response of the Lady Beetle Hippodamia convergens (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) to Prey Related Odors, Including a Scanning Electron Microscopy Study of the Antennal Sensilla. 1999 Entomological Society of America
- ↑ Norman C. Elliott, Robert W. Kieckhefer, Robert W. Kieckhefer & Mpho W. Phoofolo. Functional Response of Hippodamia convergens to Sitobion avenae on Wheat Plants in the Laboratory. Southwestern Entomologist 36(4):423-431. 2011 doi:10.3958/059.036.0404
- ↑ Bactericera cockerelli (Šulc, 1909) — Psyl'list (hemiptera-databases.org).
- ↑ Stephen R. Clarke. (2013) Pine Tortoise Scale. Forest Insect & Disease Leaflet 57.