Geographical distribution of miridsin the cocoa orchard of Côte d’Ivoire

Cocoa orchard is the target pests as mirids that cause loss of very important to farmers production. To reduce the populations of these insects, leaches were conducted in seven districts of cocoa production in Ivory Coast. Sheeted cocoa underwent treatments with the insecticide super Callifan 40 EC. Insecticide treatments helped raise and identify different species of mirids. The results revealed the presence of four species of mirids: Sahlbergellasingularis, Distantiellatheobromae, Bryocoropsislaticollis and Helopeltis sp. The species S. singularis, listed in all areas of production, represented 77.93% of the harvested mirids. B. laticollis with an attendance rate of 16.50% was limited to the coastal area and mountains district. D. theobromae and Helopeltis sp., Represented respectively 3.76 and 1.8% of harvested mirids.