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Dysmicoccus brevipes is a mealybug.The scientific name was published for the first time by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1893. The species is found primarily on pineapple and other species in the genus Ananas, but also infests citrus trees, cotton, banana, coffee and other plants.
Pineapple black rot: Chalara paradoxa = Thielaviopsis paradoxa Ceratocystis paradoxa [teleomorph] Leaf spot ... Mealybug wilt Unconfirmed virus/toxin Terminal mottle
Male citrus mealy bugs fly to the females and resemble fluffy gnats. ... "A review of the association of ants with mealybug wilt disease of pineapple".
Pineapple mealybug wilt-associated virus 1; Pineapple mealybug wilt-associated virus 2; Pineapple mealybug wilt-associated virus 3; Pistachio ampelovirus A; Plum bark necrosis stem pitting-associated virus; Yam asymptomatic virus 1
The pineapple [2] [3] (Ananas comosus) ... Pineapples are subject to a variety of diseases, the most serious of which is wilt disease vectored by mealybugs ...
For this purpose it protects the insects and drives off predators, thereby encouraging the insects which may be agricultural pest species; the mealybug Dysmicoccus brevipes for example transmits pineapple wilt disease in Sri Lanka, and biological control of the mealybug has proved difficult because of the activities of the ant.
The species had spread to California, Mexico, Central America and to Florida in 2002. The adult female mealybug produces a blend of two compounds [1] that function as a female sex pheromone, highly attractive to males. [2] The pheromone can be used to trap males or to indicate the presence of a population of pink hibiscus mealybugs in the field.
Pseudococcus is a genus of unarmoured scale insects in the family Pseudococcidae, the mealy bugs. There are more than 150 species of Pseudococcus. [3] Species