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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.
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.
Phenacoccus manihoti is a mealybug insect species. In the early 1970s, the cassava mealybug P. manihoti was accidentally introduced to Africa. [1] Within 15 years of its discovery, it had invaded most of West and Central Africa and was spreading to the East. [2] It soon became an important pest, and methods to control it became a topic of ...
Pseudococcus is a genus of unarmoured scale insects in the family Pseudococcidae, the mealy bugs. ... Photos. Citrophilius mealybug Pseudococcus calceolariae.
The word cochineal is derived from the French cochenille, derived from Spanish cochinilla, in turn derived from Latin coccinus, from Greek κόκκινος kokkinos, "scarlet" from κόκκος kokkos (Latin equivalent coccum) referring in this case either to the oak berry (actually the insects of the genus Kermes) or to a red dye made from the crushed bodies thereof.
Paracoccus marginatus, commonly known as the papaya mealybug, is a small sap-sucking insect in the mealybug family, Pseudococcidae. It is found on a number of different hosts, including economically important tropical fruit trees and various ornamental plants .
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]
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. The vine mealybug is invasive to weedy plants in many different ...