Lanzones Scale Insects Unaspis mabilis, is new species of armored scale insects. It is a serious sucking pest of Lanzones Lansium domesticum, in the Philippines. It is closely associated with fruit trees, since 2009 when it was first reported by UPLB experts. The pest has been sighted in Mindoro, Palawan, Luzon and Mindanao. The picture attached here is captured in Brgy. Sudlon, Molave, Zamboanga Del Sur. The Regional Crop Protection Centers (RCPC's) employs Chilocorus nigritus and C. circumdatus a predatory Coccinellid beetles that preys on scale insects.
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