Paracoccus marginatus Williams & Granara de Willink, 1992

Malumphy, Chris, 2014, An annotated checklist of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Saint Lucia, Lesser Antilles, Zootaxa 3846 (1), pp. 69-86 : 81

Paracoccus marginatus Williams & Granara de Willink — papaya mealybug

Occurs widely in tropical and subtropical areas of the Americas (including the Lesser Antilles), Africa, Asia and the Pacific; polyphagous, feeding on plants belonging to 59 families; a pest of many crops, particularly papaya and ornamental plants, such as hibiscus. Recorded from Saint Lucia by Jn Pierre (2008).