Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley, 1898: 47
Checklist of the scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccomorpha) of New Caledonia
Mille, Christian
Henderson, Rosa C.
Cazères, Sylvie
Jourdan, Hervé
Zoosystema
2016
2016-06-30
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Tinsley, 1898
Tinsley
1898
[936,1331,1150,1177]
Insecta
Pseudococcidae
Phenacoccus
Animalia
Hemiptera
21
150
Arthropoda
species
solenopsis
Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley, 1898: 47.
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Païta County (La Tontouta, PNVF, Plateforme de Normalisation des Végétaux aux Frontières), 23. V.2006, on leaves of Solanum melongena, T. Parccoll., Christopher Hodgson det. ( NZAC); Bourail County (Gouaro), 23.III.2007, on leaves of S. lycopersicon, S. Cazèrescoll., Christopher Hodgson det. ( NZAC, CXMNC); Mont-Dore County ( IAC, SRMH), 10.IV.2007, on leaves and twigs of Marsdenia nigrifloraand leaves of Corchorus neocaledonicus, S. Cazèrescoll., Christopher Hodgson det. ( NZAC, CXMNC); Païta County (greenhouses, Mr J.-B. Marchand Farm), 11. V.2007, on leaves and fruits of Capsicum annuum, P. Caplongcoll., Christopher Hodgson det. ( NZAC, CXMNC); La Foa County (P. Lecren property), 22.II.2010, on Tagetes patula, P. Lecrencoll., Rosa C. Hendersondet. ( NZAC, CXMNC). PUBLISHED RECORDSIN NEW CALEDONIA. — Hodgson et al.(2008).
DISTRIBUTION IN NEW CALEDONIA. — West Coast of Grande Terre. OTHER RECORDS. — Western Africa, southern Asia, North America. HOST- PLANTS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Capsicum annuum, Corchorus neocaledonicus, Marsdenia nigriflora, Solanum lycopersicum, S. melongena, and on Tagetes patula. NOTES. — This species was found in Saint-Louis, at the IAC SRMH in Mont-Dore County and also in the counties of Bourail, La Foa, Païta (La Tontouta), firstly in 2006. Notrated as an economic species, but as it is a recent introduction it should be monitored carefully in tomato greenhouses.