The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Citrus Mealybug

(Planococcus citri), an insect from the Pseudococcinae subfamily, Homoptera order. The body of the female is pinkish, covered with a mealy scale, and 3-4 mm long. The insect is encountered in America, Africa, Asia, and southern Europe; in the USSR, it is found in the Trans-caucasus and Middle Asia. It damages grapevines. The insect propagates predominantly by parthenogenesis, and males are rarely encountered. The larvae and females suck the sap out of plants, greatly weakening them. Berries become covered with the sooty bloom of saprophyte fungi that settle on the secretions of the citrus mealybug, and the fruit becomes unfit for consumption. Defensive measures include treating the vineyards with insecticides and using the predatory beetle Cryptolaemus.

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Moreover, similarly Yang and Sadof (1995) reported that Coleus sp leaf variegation can affect the rate of fecundity, survivorship, and population growth of both the citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri (Risso) and its associated parasitoid Leptomastix dactylopii (Howard).

Variegation in Coleus blumei and the life history of citrus mealybug (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae).

Influence of the Host Plant on the Encyrtid Aenasius bambawalei, a Parasitoid used to Control the Cotton Mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis, in Pakistan

Effect of silicon-based fertilizer application on the reproduction and development of the citrus mealybug (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) feeding on green coleus.

Silicon-based fertilizer applications have no effect on the reproduction and development of the citrus mealybug planococcus citri Risso (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) feeding on fiddleleaf fig, Ficus lyrata (Warb).

Silicon applications have minimal effects on Scirtothrips dorsalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) populations on pepper plant, Capsicum annum L

This insecticide was found to be compatible with IPM programs against the citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri Risso, due to its selectivity to larvae of Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant and adults of Leptomastix dactylopii Howard (Yumruktepe et al.

Toxicity of organosilicone adjuvants and selected pesticides to the Asian citrus psyllid (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) and its parasitoid Tamarixia radiata (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)

Sex pheromone of the citrus mealybug Planococcus ci tri: Synthesis and optimization of trap parameters.

Development of trapping methods with a synthetic sex pheromone of the pink hibiscus mealybug, Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)

Argentine ants tend a variety of homopterans in citrus including the citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri Risso, spirea aphid, Aphis spiraecola Patch, wooly whitefly, Aleurothrixus floccossus (Maskell), and brown and black soft scales, Coccus hesperidum L.

Liquid borate bait for control of the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile, in organic citrus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)