Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley, 1898

Evans, Gregory A. & Abd-Rabou, Shaaban, 2023, The mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) of Egypt, Insecta Mundi 2023 (999), pp. 1-83 : 23

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scientific name

Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley, 1898
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Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley, 1898 View in CoL

( Figure 34 View Figure 34 , after Kosztarab, 1996).

Taxonomy. Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley 1898: 47 . Type data. U.S.A.: New Mexico, no host plant data.

Hosts in Egypt. Hibiscus sp. ( Abd-Rabou et al. 2010), Musa acuminata ( El-Fatih and Ahmed 2015) , Solanum lycopersici ( Ibrahim et al. 2015) .

Distribution in Egypt. ( Abd-Rabou et al. 2010); Qalyoubia Governorate ( Ibrahim et al. 2015); El-Wasta, Beni- Swief Governorate ( El-Fatih and Ahmed 2015); Dakahlia Governorate ( Moharum et al. 2017).

Remarks. Nabil et al. (2015) reported this species on four economic plants in Egypt. Moharum et al. (2017) reported on a survey of Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley on host plants in Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt. El-Zahi et al. (2016) reported on the presence and control of this species on cotton in Egypt. Watson (2020) reported on the distribution and hosts and provided illustrations of this species. El-Zahi et al. (2016) reported on the economics of this pest.

Abd-Rabou S, Germain JF, Malausa T. 2010. Phenacoccus parvus Morrison et P. solenopsis Tinsley, deux Cochenilles nouvelles pour l'Egypte (Hemiptera, Pseudococcidae). Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de France, 115 (4): 509 - 510.

El-Fatih M, Ahmed MJ. 2015. First record of the mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) as a new pest on banana plants in Egypt. Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology 6 (11): 1537 - 1541.

El-Zahi ZS, Aref SAES, Korish SKM. 2016. The cotton mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) as a new menace to cotton in Egypt and its chemical control. Journal of Plant Protection Research 56: 111 - 115.

Ibrahim SS, Moharum FA, Abd El-Ghany NM. 2015. The cotton mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) as a new insect pest on tomato plants in Egypt. Journal Plant Protection Research 55: 48 - 51.

Kosztarab MP. 1996. Scale insects of northeastern North America. Identification, biology, and distribution. Virginia Museum of Natural History; Martinsburg, Virginia. 650 p.

Moharum FA, Mohamed GH, Abo Hatab EE. 2017. Survey of cotton mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Sternorrhyncha: Pseudococcidae) on host plants in Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Egypt 101: 63 - 70.

Nabil HA, Hassan ASH, Ismail SH. 2015. Registration of the cotton mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) for the first time on four economical crops in Egypt. Zagazig Journal of Agricultural Research 42: 1555 - 1560.

Tinsley JD. 1898. An ants' - nest coccid from New Mexico. Canadian Entomologist 30: 47 - 48.

Watson GW. 2020. Phenacoccus solenopsis (cotton mealybug). Invasive species compendium. Available at https: // www. cabi. org / isc / datasheet / 109097 (Last accessed June 2023.)

Gallery Image

Figure 34. Phenacoccus solenopsis (after Kosztarab 1996).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Pseudococcidae

Genus

Phenacoccus