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Immature Stages
of Nitidulidae
Detailed information on immature stages of Nitidulidae is being
acquired. However, Silvestri (1910a)
found that females of Cybocephalus
rufifrons Reit. deposit eggs
beneath the female scales of Aulacaspis
pentagona Targ. and at times
among the newly hatched larvae that have not yet left the protection of the
scale covering. A thin-walled cocoon
is spun on the foliage by the mature larva, and this is covered with the
remains of host insects and other extraneous material. Cybocephalus sp. is a
predator on the larger larvae and pupae of several species of Aleurocanthus in Java (Clausen
& Berry 1932). The larvae, which
are white, are sluggish in habit and remain on the same leaf during their
feeding period if sufficient food is available. They resemble larvae of several species of the coccinellid
genus Scymnus which attack
the same host. Pupation occurs in a
cell in the soil rather than on the foliage, and no cocoon is formed. Please CLICK on picture to view details: References: Please refer to <biology.ref.htm>,
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