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The hibiscus mealybug arrived in Egypt from India in 1912 and in Hawaii in 1984. Finally, it appeared in Grenada, Trinidad, and St. Kitts in the 1990s. It is a very serious pest in the Caribbean where it attacks many hosts of economic importance and disrupts Caribbean agricultural trade and commerce. Wingless crawlers, nymphs, and females have ...
Mealybug females feed on plant sap, normally in roots or other crevices, and in a few cases the bottoms of stored fruit. They attach themselves to the plant and secrete a powdery wax layer (hence the name "mealy" bug) used for protection while they suck the plant juices.
The roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa) is used as a vegetable. The species Hibiscus suratensis Linn synonymous with Hibiscus aculeatus G. Don is noted in Visayas in the Philippines as being a souring ingredient for almost all local vegetables and menus. Known as labog in the Visayan area (or labuag/sapinit in Tagalog), the species is an ingredient ...
Hypogeococcus pungens (cactus mealybug) [21] Icerya purchasi (cottony cushion scale) Isometrus maculatus (lesser brown scorpion) Lernaea cyprinacea (anchor worm) [1] Linepithema humile (Argentine ant) Litopenaeus vannamei (whiteleg shrimp) [22] Maconellicoccus hirsutus (pink hibiscus mealybug) [23] Macrobrachium lar (Tahitian prawn) [1]
The following species in the flowering plant genus Hibiscus were accepted by Plants of the World Online as of September 2024. [1] There have been multiple ancient polyploidization events in this genus.
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Hypogeococcus pungens (Cactus mealybug) [143] Icerya purchasi (Cottony cushion scale) [144] Incisitermes minor (Western drywood termite) [133] Leptocybe invasa (Blue gum chalcid wasp) [145] Linepithema humile (Argentine ant) [146] Lissachatina fulica (African giant land snail) [147] Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Pink hibiscus mealybug) [148]
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