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Notes on a new mealybug (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) pest in Florida and the Caribbean : the papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus Williams and Granara de Willink [PDF]

, 1999
Paracoccus marginatus Williams and Granara de Willink, here called the papaya mealybug, was first detected in the United States in Hollywood, Florida in 1998.
Miller, Douglass R., Hamon, Avas B., Williams, Douglas J.   +2 more
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Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) Register in Teak Forest Santds in the Mato Grosso State, Brazil

Floresta e Ambiente, 2017
The pink hibiscus mealybug, Maconellicoccus hirsutus Green (Hemiptera, Pseudococcidae) is registered for the first time in teak forest stands, Tectona grandis, in the municipality of São José de Quatro Marcos, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Information on
Otávio Peres-Filho, Yair Ben-Dov, Vera Regina dos Santos Wolff, Alberto Dorval, Marcelo Dias de Souza   +4 more
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Biology and management of the Rhodesgrass mealybug (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in turfgrass

Journal of Integrated Pest Management
Abstract The Rhodesgrass mealybug, Antonina graminis Maskell (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) is a serious pest of grasses (Poaceae). On golf course putting greens, nymphs and adults of A. graminis feed on vascular bundles, which initially appear as yellowing and stunting but gradually develop into browning and severe thinning by the fall. In
Robert M Wolverton, Shimat V Joseph
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Guiding Classical Biological Control of an Invasive Mealybug Using Integrative Taxonomy.

PLoS ONE, 2015
Delottococcus aberiae De Lotto (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) is a mealybug of Southern African origin that has recently been introduced into Eastern Spain. It causes severe distortions on young citrus fruits and represents a growing threat to Mediterranean
Aleixandre Beltrà, Pia Addison, Juan Antonio Ávalos, Didier Crochard, Ferran Garcia-Marí, Emilio Guerrieri, Jan H Giliomee, Thibaut Malausa, Cristina Navarro-Campos, Ferran Palero, Antonia Soto   +10 more
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Frass adjuvants improve the efficacy of Steinernema feltiae against vine mealybug, Planococcus ficus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) under laboratory conditions

Biological Control
Vine mealybug, Planococcus ficus, is a major vineyard pest, complicating vineyard management due to its cryptic behavior and patchy distributions.
Alexander M. Butcher, Lan Xue, Xinyu Li, Vaughn M. Walton   +3 more
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Ecologically Based Management of Pineapple Mealybug Wilt: Controlling Dysmicoccus brevipes Mealybug Populations with Salicylic Acid Analogs and Plant Extracts

Horticulturae
Mealybug wilt of pineapple (MWP) is a destructive disease worldwide caused by a parasitic complex that includes Pineapple Mealybug Wilt-associated Viruses (PMWaVs) and mealybugs (Dysmicoccus brevipes), which concurrently act as vectors for these viruses.
N’guessan, Lysa, Chillet, Marc, Chiroleu, Frédéric, Soler, Alain   +3 more
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A Review on Cotton Mealybug (Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley) and their Management by Botanical Based Insecticides

, 2021
Mealybug species becomes major pests in a relative short period of time due to their wide range of host plants, having wax coated body, less effective to insecticides, relationship with ants by these increases their survival rate.
Swati Jayswal, Bharat Maitreya, Priyanka Zala   +2 more
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Biochemical profiling of epidermal body wax and honeydew excretions inpolyphagous mealybug species

Journal of Horticultural Sciences
Mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) are vulnerable soft bodied insects protected by an external hydrophobic wax coating, which shields them from extreme temperatures and pesticide applications.
B R jayanthi mala, P D Kamala Jayanthi, P Saravan Kumar, K S Shivashankara, T K Roy   +4 more
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The scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the Maltese Archipelago [PDF]

, 2014
Past works on scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) from the Maltese Archipelago are reviewed. Based on the literature and contemporary collections, a total of 93 species of scale insects belonging to 12 scale insect families are here reported (Aclerdidae
Mifsud, David, Watson, Gillian W., Mazzeo, Gaetana, Russo, Agatino   +3 more
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Determination of Mealybug Population Density for Transmission of Pineapple Mealybug Wilt Disease in Central Uganda

International Journal of Agronomy
Pineapple mealybug wilt disease (PMWD) is a complex and most destructive viral disease constraining pineapple production world over. Pineapple mealybug wilt disease is transmitted by mealybugs (Dysmicoccus species).
B. Bua, M. E. Mawa, J. Ayiga, A. Ocwa
doaj   +1 more source