Definition of Encarsia. Meaning of Encarsia. Synonyms of Encarsia

- Encarsia is a large genus of minute parasitic wasps of the family Aphelinidae. The genus is very diverse with currently about 400 described species and...
- Encarsia formosa is a species of chalcidoid wasp and a well known parasitoid of greenhouse whitefly, one of the first to be used commercially for biological...
- Encarsia inaron is a parasitoid wasp used in the control of ash whitefly, Siphoninus phillyreae. The ash whitefly is an insect from Europe that feeds on...
- Encarsia hansoni is a species of hymenoptera in the family Aphelinidae. The scientific name was first validly published in 1998 by Evans & Polaszek. The...
- biological control of insect pests. One of the first species to be used was Encarsia formosa, a parasitoid of a range of species of whitefly. It entered commercial...
- applied commercially in biological pest control, starting in the 1920s with Encarsia formosa to control whitefly in greenhouses. Historically, parasitoidism...
- Encarsia perniciosi is a tiny parasitic wasp, a parasitoid of the California red scale (Aonidiella aurantii) and the San Jose scale (Quadraspidiotus perniciosus)...
- often in the same family or genus. In the citrus blackfly parasitoid, Encarsia perplexa, unmated females may lay haploid eggs in the fully developed larvae...
- several crops in greenhouses. Periodic releases of the parasitoidal wasp, Encarsia formosa, are used to control greenhouse whitefly, while the predatory mite...
- Encarsia harrisoni is a species of parasitoid wasp native to England. It was discovered in the playgrounds of Sevenoaks School, and named after David Harrison...