Planococcus bambusifolii (Takahashi, 1951)

Zhang, Jiangtao & Deng, Jun, 2023, A study of the mealybug genus Planococcus Ferris, 1950 from China, with description of a new species (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha, Pseudococcidae), ZooKeys 1178, pp. 77-95 : 77

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1178.107354

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D16FCF2E-EEFA-474B-9C78-4AAA3337ADA6

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/67264686-35AB-588C-9337-4298EDEE09B8

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scientific name

Planococcus bambusifolii (Takahashi, 1951)
status

 

Planococcus bambusifolii (Takahashi, 1951) View in CoL

Pseudococcus bambusifolii Takahashi, 1951: 9.

Planococcus bambusifolii : Tang 1992: 367.

Material examined.

Guizhou: 2 ♀♀, Southwest Guizhou Autonomous Prefecture , Xingyi City , Maling River Canyon , on bamboo, 7.v.2017, coll. Jiang-tao Zhang & Ming Zhao.

Host plant.

Poaceae : bamboo.

Distribution.

Guizhou.

Remarks.

This is the first record of this mealybug in China. A good description and illustration of the adult female was given by Williams (2004).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Pseudococcidae

Genus

Planococcus