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Mealybugs are insects in the family Pseudococcidae, unarmored scale insects found in moist, warm habitats. Of the more than 2,000 described species, many are considered pests as they feed on plant juices of greenhouse plants, house plants and subtropical trees and also act as a vector for several plant diseases.
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.
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.
How to Identify Them: Bed bugs (shudder) are about 4 to 7 millimeters long and approximately the size of a small apple seed. They have a wide dorsal plate behind their head called the pronotum ...
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.
The adult female cotton mealybug lays several hundred eggs in an ovisac. On hatching, the nymphs crawl away, dispersing to other parts of the plant. In dry conditions, they move to the roots and the lower leaves and stems, however in wetter conditions they prefer the upper parts of the plant.
Related to aphids, scales, and mealybugs, whiteflies can cause significant harm in greenhouses. But they also can wreak plenty of damage on garden and houseplants. But they also can wreak plenty ...
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.