• Title/Summary/Keyword: Feltiella acarisuga Vallot

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First Report of Feltiella acarisuga Vallot (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in Korea (한국미기록종 Feltiella acarisuga Vallot (응애혹파리: 신칭) 보고)

  • Lee, Heung-Su;Chung, Bu-Keun;Kim, Kyu-Jin
    • Korean journal of applied entomology
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    • v.43 no.3 s.136
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    • pp.185-188
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    • 2004
  • Feltiella acarisuga Vallot, a predatory gall midge preying upon spider mites, is reported for the first time in Korea. It was found in a greenhouse on Glycine soja Sieb. et Zucc. heavily infested with Tetranychus urticae in Sachon, Kyongnam Province. This species is very useful biological control agent for spider mites on greenhouse vegetable crops. Brief morphological characteristics are described.