Planococcus minor (Maskell)
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3846.1.3 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14008949 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA8789-6A34-AE62-FF02-F926FB435F20 |
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Felipe (2021-06-11 18:06:41, last updated 2024-11-26 00:02:33) |
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Planococcus minor (Maskell) |
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Planococcus minor (Maskell) View in CoL — passion vine mealybug ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 , O)
Occurs widely in tropical and subtropical areas of the Americas, Asia, Australia and the Pacific; polyphagous, feeding on plants belonging to 71 families, including many crops and ornamentals. The full host range and distribution is unclear due to confusion between P. minor and the morphologically similar P. citri . Recorded from Saint Lucia by Cox (1989), Williams & Granara de Willink (1992) and Malumphy (2012, on Annona muricata , A. squamosa and Artocarpus altilis ( Moraceae )).
Collection data. Gros-Islet Parish: Rodney Bay, abundant on Codiaeum variegatum , 20.viii.2013. Intercepted in UK (London) on Artocarpus altilis , 10.x.2012, leg. D. Dennis, on A. muricata , 2.vii.2013, 25.v.2014, leg. J. Pollock, 29.vii.2013, leg. D. Dennis (massive population, attacked by Diadiplosis multifila (det. Keith Harris, causing 90%+ mortality, the midge was attacked by a chalcidoid parasitoid), 12.viii.2013, leg. D. Dennis (with Diadiplosis sp. ,? Cryptolaemus sp. and phytoseiid mites), and 14.iv.2014, leg. R. Waghorn .
Cox, J. M. (1989) The mealybug genus Planococcus (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae), Bulletin British Museum (Natural History). Entomology, 58, 1 - 78.
Williams, D. J. & Granara de Willink, M. C. (1992) Mealybugs of Central and South America. CAB International, London, England, 635 pp.
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