Adaptation of the Stavropol population of the predatory bug Orius laevigatus (Fieber) (Heteroptera, Anthocoridae) to mass rearing conditions
Journal: Энтомологическое обозрение
Year: 2024

Natural geographic range of the predatory bug Orius laevigatus which is widely used for biological control of various insect pests in greenhouses includes Western, Central, and Southern Europe, Mediterranean, Northern Africa, and South Asia. In the former USSR it was recorded in the southern Ukraine, Crimea, Abkhazia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan. In 2020 we found O. laevigatus in a sunflower field in Stavropol Territory of Russia. To estimate the biocontrol potential of the Stavropol p