Dysmicoccus brevipes (Cockerell)

Kondo, Takumasa & Muñoz, Jazmín Adriana, 2016, Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) associated with avocado crop, Persea americana Mill. (Lauraceae) in Valle del Cauca and neighboring departments of Colombia, Insecta Mundi 2016 (465), pp. 1-24 : 11-12

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4645809
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D87176BB-292D-4A7C-B106-EEC015A66561
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4645945
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3414244A-6D03-ED0D-FF13-CA8412EAFF23
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Dysmicoccus brevipes (Cockerell)
status

Treatment

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Material studied. Colombia. Valle del Cauca: Alcalá: Finca Santacruz, 04°39 ′ 47.1 ″ N, 75°48 ′ 20.7 ″ W, 1223 m, 27.iv.2009, coll. J. Muñoz, ex avocado cv. ‘Papelillo’ (‘Lorena’), 2 ( UVCO), 1 ( MECP). Caicedonia: Finca El Palmar, 04°17 ′ 55.9 ″ N, 75°53 ′ 00.2 ″ W, 1376 m, 28.x.2008, coll. T. Kondo, 1 ( UVCO).

Distribution. Tropicopolitan ( Ben-Dov et al. 2015).

Remarks. The pineapple mealybug, D. brevipes is a polyphagous species. In the present study, it was found on the leaves of the ‘Lorena’ cultivar.