EPPO Global Database

Akanthomyces muscarius(LCNCMU)

Overview
Code created in: 2007-06-05

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: LCNCMU
  • Preferred name: Akanthomyces muscarius
  • Authority: (Petch) Spatafora, Kepler & B. Shrestha

Notes

An entomopathogenic fungus, parasitizing especially Homoptera (aphids, whiteflies). Thought by some to be synonymous with Lecanicillium lecanii.


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Cephalosporium aphidicola Petch
Cephalosporium muscarium Petch
Lecanicillium muscarium (Petch) Zare & Gams