Pseudococcus longispinus (Targioni Tozzetti)
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3846.1.3 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BCC369B9-3FAD-41D3-B85C-43D738D0CBA3 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14008953 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA8789-6A35-AE62-FF02-FDEEFDB85D05 |
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Felipe |
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Pseudococcus longispinus (Targioni Tozzetti) |
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Pseudococcus longispinus (Targioni Tozzetti) View in CoL — long-tailed mealybug
Cosmopolitan, restricted to indoor plantings in cooler temperate regions; polyphagous, feeding on plants belonging to 95 families; pest of numerous crops, particularly citrus, and ornamentals. Recorded from Saint Lucia by CABI Crop Protection Compendium (2014) and Malumphy (2012, on Alpinia purpurata (Zingiberaceae) , Annona muricata and Hedychium coccineum (Zingeraceae) , and unspecified cut flowers).
Collection data. Intercepted in the UK (London), on A. muricata , 29.vii.2013, leg. D. Dennis (attacked by Diadiplosis multifila (det. Keith Harris )), and 12.viii.2013, leg. D. Dennis (attacked by Diadiplosis sp. ,? Cryptolaemus sp. , and phytoseiid mites) .
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Coccoidea |
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