Planococcus citri (Risso)

Pacheco Da Silva, Vitor C., Kaydan, Mehmet Bora & Basso, Cesar, 2020, Pseudococcidae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) in Uruguay: morphological identification and molecular characterization, with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 4894 (4), pp. 501-520 : 514

Planococcus citri (Risso)

Material studied. URUGUAY: Melilla, ex leaves of Hedera sp. ( Araliaceae ), 34°45’11.8”S 56°18’29.8”W, 20.iii.2019, coll. Martínez, V., 1 adult ♀, ECFA No. 197; same locality and collector, ex leaves of coleus scutellarioides (Lamiaceae) , 30.iv.2019, 8 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 211; Montevideo, ex leaves of Hoya carnosa (Asclepiadaceae) , 34°51’58.7”S 56°11’39.1”W, 29.i.2018, coll. Garcia, A., 2 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 21; same locality and collector, ex leaves of Capsicum sp. ( Solanaceae ), 6.iii.2018, 2 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 50; same city, ex leaves of Kalanchoe coccinea var. Blossfeldiana ( Crassulaceae ), 34°46’04.9”S 56°14’47.8”W, 5.iii.2018, coll. Pacheco da Silva, V.C. and Martínez, V., 2 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 58; ex leaves of Aeonium sp. ( Crassulaceae ), 34°49’56.5”S 56°13’18.4”W, 3.iii.2019, coll. Altesor, P., 2 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 177; ex leaves of Ficus lyrata ( Moraceae ), 34°53’47.4”S 56°07’16.8”W, 7.v.2019, coll. Pacheco da Silva, V.C., 6 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 223; ex leaves of Nerium oleander (Apocynaceae) , 34°53’49.6”S 56°07’13.8”W, 6.xii.2019, coll. Pacheco da Silva, V.C., 3 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 276; ex flowers of Cannabis sativa (Cannabaceae) , 18.x.2018, coll. Collazo, D. and Rousserie, G., 1 adult ♀, ECFA No. 155; ex fruits and leaves of Solanum lycopersicum , 34°49’55.4”S 56°13’10.2”W, 24.ii.2019, coll. Pechi, E., 3 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 207; same city, locality and collector, ex roots of Ipomoea batatas (Convolvulaceae) , 28.xi.2019, 2 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 273; Salto, ex fruits of Citrus x limonia ( Rutaceae ), 31°23’10.5”S 57°43’01.8”W, 14.xii.2017, coll. Lorenzo, M.E., 2 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 14 .

Hosts. Polyphagous, reported from 226 species belonging to 83 plant families ( García Morales et al. 2016). In Uruguay, Pl. citri was recorded on Bougainvillea sp. ( Nyctaginaceae ), Euphorbia pulcherrima (Euphorbiaceae) , Ficus sp. ( Moraceae ), Gardenia jasminoides (Rutaceae) , Justicia carnea (Acanthaceae) , Malus domestica (Rosaceae) , Nerium oleander (Apocynaceae) , Olea europaea (Oleaceae) , Pyrus communis (Rosaceae) , Vitis vinifera (Vitaceae) ( Granara de Willink et al. 1997), Citrus limon , C. sinensis , C. reticulata (Rutaceae) , Ficus carica ( Moraceae ), Solanum tuberosum (Solanaceae) ( Trujillo Peluffo 1930) and Laurus nobilis (Lauraceae) ( Ruffinelli 1967).

Distribution. Australasian, Afrotropical, Nearctic, Neotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic regions ( García Morales et al. 2016).