Eurydema bugs: review of distribution, ecology, harmfulness, and control

Abstract

S. Stankevych*, I. Zabrodina, D. Yushchuk, M. Dolya, H. Balan, R. Yakovlev, H. Kosylovych, Yu. Holiachuk, N. Zakharchuk, T. Galagan, L. Nemerytska, I. Zhuravska, O. Romanov, T. Romanova, O. Bragin, O. Hudym and I. Hordiienko

In the course of the literature critical analysis, the authors paid special attention to the morphological, biological, and ecological features of the cruciferous bugs, both in Ukraine and abroad; the authors came to the conclusion that despite the considerable number of literary sources devoted to the cruciferous bugs, theirs is still a number of its biological and ecological features which are in close connection with the protection measures for controlling it and these measures have not yet been completely clarified. The data obtained by entomologists from different countries regarding the harmfulness of thecruciferous bugs and its economic importance are quite controversial and also need experimental confirmation.

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