The Cotton Mealybug Is Spreading along the Mediterranean: First Pest Detection in Italian Tomatoes
Insects, 2021 The cotton mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) is an extremely polyphagous invasive pest that can cause serious damages to cultivated plants.
Michele Ricupero +4 more
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Interference Competition for Mutualism between Ant Species Mediates Ant-Mealybug Associations
Insects, 2020 Ant-hemipteran mutualism has been well documented, and many studies have reported the interference competition between ant species for the mutualism.
Yongheng Liu +3 more
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Acta Agriculturae Slovenica, 2022 Aenasius bambawalei Hayat, 2009 is one of the most effective natural enemies of Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley, 1898. The sublethal effects of dimethoate, imidacloprid, and thiodicarb on the functional response of A.
Zeinab RAFATIAN +2 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 +3 more
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FIRST RECORD OF THE MEALYBUG, Phenacoccus solenopsis TINSLEY (HEMIPTERA: PSEUDOCOCCIDAE) AS A NEW PEST ON BANANA PLANTS IN EGYPT [PDF]
Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 2015 Cotton mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) was recorded for the first time on banana, Musa acuminate L. (Musaceae) in Egypt during July, 2015.
M Ahmed, Fatma Moharum, Monira El-Fatih
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Molecular and morphological identification of mealybug species (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in Brazilian vineyards. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) are pests constraining the international trade of Brazilian table grapes. They damage grapes by transmitting viruses and toxins, causing defoliation, chlorosis, and vigor losses and favoring the development of sooty ...
Vitor C Pacheco da Silva +7 more
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Sociobiology, 2015 The mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis has been recently reported as a serious invasive insect pest in China. Earlier investigations suggest that some species of native ants may tend P solenopsis in the field, and affect the population number and spatial ...
Jun Huang
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Biological Studies on the Cotton Mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley, (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) under the Laboratory Condition [PDF]
Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 2019 The cotton mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (1989) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) is one of the invasive species recently introduced to Egypt and nowadays it is wide spread among various parts of the country.
T. Ata
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Journal of Plant Protection Research, 2019 The cotton mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis (Tinsley) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), has become a widespread pest causing serious losses in several economically important crops, articularly cotton. To the best of our knowledge this is the first record of
Mohamed Rezk +4 more
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The impact of maize irrigation intervals and potassium fertiliser rates on mealybug populations, vegetative growth, and resulting yield [PDF]
Journal of Water and Land Development, 2023 The mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae), is one of the main pests attacking maize plants in Egypt. Field trials were carried out in the maize field to assess the influence of irrigation periods and potassium ...
Moustafa M.S. Bakry, Dalal M. Aljedani
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