Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley, 1898

Mille, Christian, Henderson, Rosa C., Cazères, Sylvie & Jourdan, Hervé, 2016, Checklist of the scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccomorpha) of New Caledonia, Zoosystema 38 (2), pp. 129-176 : 150

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2016n2a1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4579229
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scientific name	Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley, 1898
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Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley, 1898 View in CoL

Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley, 1898: 47 View in CoL .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Païta County (La Tontouta, PNVF, Plateforme de Normalisation des Végétaux aux Frontières), 23. V.2006, on leaves of Solanum melongena, T. Parc coll., Christopher Hodgson det. ( NZAC); Bourail County (Gouaro), 23.III.2007, on leaves of S. lycopersicon, S. Cazères coll., Christopher Hodgson det. ( NZAC, CXMNC); Mont-Dore County ( IAC, SRMH), 10.IV.2007, on leaves and twigs of Marsdenia nigriflora and leaves of Corchorus neocaledonicus, S. Cazères coll., Christopher Hodgson det. ( NZAC, CXMNC); Païta County (greenhouses, Mr J.-B. Marchand Farm), 11. V.2007, on leaves and fruits of Capsicum annuum, P. Caplong coll., Christopher Hodgson det. ( NZAC, CXMNC); La Foa County (P. Lecren property), 22.II.2010, on Tagetes patula, P. Lecren coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC, CXMNC).

PUBLISHED RECORDS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Hodgson et al. (2008).

DISTRIBUTION IN NEW CALEDONIA. — West Coast of Grande Terre.

OTHER RECORDS. — Western Africa, southern Asia, North America.

HOST- PLANTS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Capsicum annuum , Corchorus neocaledonicus , Marsdenia nigriflora , Solanum lycopersicum , S. melongena , and on Tagetes patula .

NOTES. — This species was found in Saint-Louis, at the IAC SRMH in Mont-Dore County and also in the counties of Bourail, La Foa, Païta (La Tontouta), firstly in 2006. Not rated as an economic species, but as it is a recent introduction it should be monitored carefully in tomato greenhouses.