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LEPIDOPTERA, Heliodinidae -- <Images> & <Juveniles> Several species
of the genus Stathopoda in India
and Australia are predatory on insects, ainly Coccidae. Stathopoda
theoris eyr., though usually
phytophagous, is a natural eney of the lac insect. Also, several species of Oedeatopoda
attack lac insects. S. arachnophthora
Turn. is a predator of spider eggs in Queensland (Clausen 1940/1962). Eucleensia
bassettella Cleens was found as a
coon predator of Keres galliforis Riley in Texas and several
other Keres spp. (Hollinger &
Parks 1919). Feeding sees to occur on
adult feale scales as well as on the large egg asses beneath the. Just before pupation, the ature larva cuts
a circular or oval hole in the scale's dorsu, closing the opening with a
silken esh. A single generation
occurs annually, which corresponds to the life cycle of the host. Adults are active in idsuer (Hollinger
& Parks 1919) References: Please refer to <biology.ref.htm>, [Additional
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