Maconellicoccus hirsutus ( Green, 1908 )

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 : 149

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scientific name	Maconellicoccus hirsutus ( Green, 1908 )
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Phenacoccus hirsutus Green, 1908: 25 View in CoL .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Bourail County (Gouaro), 28.IV.2002, on twigs and leaves of Hibiscus rosa-chinensis, S. Cazères coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC).

PUBLISHED RECORDS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Mille (2011).

DISTRIBUTION IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Precise distribution unknown.

OTHER RECORDS. — Africa, Western Europe, Middle East, South- East Asia, Pacific Ocean, West Indies, Far East, Indian Ocean, North America.

HOST- PLANTS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Annona spp., Hibiscus rosachinensis ( Mille 2011) .

NOTES. — The species appears to be a recent introduction; it was first detected and identified in New Caledonia in 2002. It can be rated as an economic species.

GREEN E. E. 1908. - Remarks on Indian scale insects (Coccidae), Part III. With a catalogue of all species hitherto recorded from the Indian continent. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture in India, Entomology Series 2: 15 - 46.

MILLE C. 2011. - Animaux nuisibles et utiles des jardins et vergers de Nouvelle-Caledonie. Editions SENC (Societe entomologique de Nouvelle-Caledonie), 200 p.