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Identification of mealybug species in the Planococcus genus has been difficult due to an unusually high amount of intraspecies morphological variation. In the 1980s, entomologist Jennifer Cox at the British Museum discovered that the offspring of a single female raised on the same host will develop differently based on environmental conditions.
Planococcus citri, commonly known as the citrus mealybug, is a species of mealybugs native to Asia.It has been introduced to the rest of the world, including Europe, the Americas, and Oceania, as an agricultural pest.
Males are smaller, gnat-like and have wings. Since mealybugs, as well as all other Hemiptera, are hemimetabolous insects, they do not undergo complete metamorphosis in the true sense of the word. However, male mealybugs exhibit a radical change during their life cycle, changing from wingless, ovoid nymphs to wasp-like flying adults. [citation ...
From ticks to spiders to bed bugs, here’s what the most common bug bites look like in photos, the symptoms to know, and whether or not they can be dangerous. These Pictures Will Help You ID the ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Matsucoccidae is a family of scales and mealybugs in the order ... "British Bugs, an online identification guide to UK ...
Both female and male adult hibiscus mealybugs are about one-eighth inch (3 mm) long. Female bodies are pink in color with a white waxy covering. They are wingless and appear as ovoid shapes covered by a mass of white mealy wax. Males have a pair of wings and two long waxy tails and are capable of flight.
Planococcus ficus, commonly known as the vine mealybug, is a species of mealybug, belonging to the family Pseudococcidae, native to tropical and subtropical regions. [1] The vine mealybug is found in Europe, Northern Africa, Southern Africa, the Americas, and the Middle East.
Alternately, this group may be referred to as blue-black mealybugs. [2] It includes the genera Amonostherium, Australicoccus, Melanococus, and Nipaecoccus. [3] While the exact relationships between various scale insects are often contested, one suggestion is to class all (and only) the blue-green mealybugs in the sub-family Trabutininae. [4]