Nipaecoccus viridis ( Newstead, 1894 )

Evans, Gregory A. & Abd-Rabou, Shaaban, 2023, The mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) of Egypt, Insecta Mundi 2023 (999), pp. 1-83 : 21

Nipaecoccus viridis ( Newstead, 1894)

( Figure 25 , after Williams 2004)

Taxonomy. Dactylopius viridis Newstead 1894: 5 . Type data. INDIA: Madras, Nungumbaukum, on Hygrophila spinosa .

Dactylopius perniciosus Newstead and Willcocks 1910: 138 . Type data: EGYPT: Cairo, on Albizia lebbek ; synonymy according to Zimmerman 1948: 245.

Pseudococcus perniciosus ( Newstead, 1920) ; Hall 1923: 35-36.

Hosts in Egypt. Albizia lebbek , Ficus carica, Jacaranda mimosifolia , Nerium oleander , Psidium guajava , Vitis vinifera ( Hall 1923) .

Distribution in Egypt. No locality data ( Hall 1923).

Remarks. This is a very polyphagous species known from many Old World countries and was recently found in Florida ( USA) ( Stocks and Hodges 2010). Deeter and Ahmed (2023) provided a list of the hosts and localities on which this species has been found.

Figures

Figure 25. Nipaecoccus viridis (after Willliams 2004).