1957年Hall and Dunn首先报道了菜缢管蚜虫的虫霉(Entomophthora virulenta),1965年Gustafsson等人对其形态及休眠孢子产生的条件进行过研究。1975年曾用其拉脱维亚系的菌株菌液,喷洒在田间松蚜 Hall and Dunn first reported Entomophthora virulenta in 1957, and in 1965 Gustafsson et al. Studied the morphology and resting sporulation conditions. In 1975, it was sprayed on aphids in the field with its strain of Latvian strains