A bioclimate-based maximum entropy model for Comperiella calauanica barrion, Almarinez and Amalin (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) in the Philippines

• Main Authors: Almarinez, Billy Joel M., Fadri, Mary Jane A., Lasina, Richard, Tavera, Mary Angelique A., Carvajal, Thaddeus M., Watanabe, Kozo, Legaspi, Jesusa C., Amalin, Divina M.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2021
• Subjects: Encyrtidae—Philippines; Coconut—Diseases and pests—Philippines; Biology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/11246
• Institution: De La Salle University

Comperiella calauanica is a host-specific endoparasitoid and effective biological control agent of the diaspidid Aspidiotus rigidus, whose outbreak from 2010 to 2015 severely threatened the coconut industry in the Philippines. Using the maximum entropy (Maxent) algorithm, we developed a species dist...