“…Also, it has been released in more than 40 countries in temperate and tropical regions (Maes et al ., 2015). In Brazil, C. montrouzieri was introduced to control citrus mealybugs Planococcus citri (Risso) (Sanches and Carvalho, 2010; Kairo et al ., 2013), and occurs in various regions of Brazil, including the Southeast and Northeast regions, in the states of São Paulo, Bahia, and Pernambuco (Sanches and Carvalho, 2010; De Bortoli et al ., 2014; Marques et al ., 2015; Lopes, 2016; Sá et al ., 2020).…”