Pseudococcidae

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 It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Pseudococcidae

(mealybugs), a family of insects of the suborder Coccidae. The active, saclike females are covered with a powdery waxy coating and often have waxy scales along the edges. The insects are 3–6 mm long. The eggs are deposited in a white, cottony sac. There are more than 1,000 species of mealybugs, distributed throughout the world, predominantly in the tropics. In the USSR there are about 200 species. Mealybugs damage subtropical greenhouse plants, house plants, and grapes. Some species are objects of quarantine.

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The cotton mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), a native of North America (Williams and Granara de Willink, 1992), is distributed over a wide range of agro-ecological zones in at least 24 countries (Wang et al., 2009).

Reproductive Mode and Male Mating Characteristic of Phenacoccus solenopsis (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)

Among the species in the genus Ferrisia, F kondoi Kaydan & Gullan (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) has been reported previously from Colombia on Coffea arabica L.

New records of mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) infesting rosettes of Conilon coffee plants in the state of Rondonia, South-Western Amazon, Brazil

Studies on cotton mealy bug, Phenacoccus solenopsis (Pseudococcidae: Homoptera), and its natural enemies in Punjab, Pakistan.

Effect of Temperature on Demography and Predation Rate of Menochilus sexmaculatus (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) Reared on Phenacoccus solenopsis (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)

This study also adds the following species to the list of scale species associated with citrus in the state of Sao Paulo for the first time: Pseudaonidia trilobitiformis (Green) (Diaspididae), Parasaissetia nigra (Nietner) (Coccidae), Ferrisia virgata (Cockerell), Pseudococcus cryptus Hempel (Pseudococcidae) (Table 1).

A survey of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) in citrus orchards in Sao Paulo, Brazil

The Pink Hibiscus Mealybug (PHM), Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green, 1908) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) is a polyphagous species of Pseudococcidae that feeds on a wide range of ornamental and agricultural host plant species distributed in 218 genera of 76 botanic families (Ben-Dov et al., 2011).

First report of Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green, 1908) (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) and the associated parasitoid Anagyrus kamali Moursi, 1948 (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), in Brazil/Primeiro registro de Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green, 1908) (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) e do parasitoide associado, Anagyrus kamali Moursi, 1948 (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), no Brasil)

Phenology of Maconellicoccus hirsutus (He miptera: Pseudococcidae) in Florida based on attraction of adult males to pheromone traps.

Incidencia de la cochinilla rosada del hibisco en cultivares de mango de Nayarit, Mexico

Mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) are small, soft-bodied insects that suck plant saps.

Incidence of a New Pest, the Cotton Mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley, on Sesame in North Ethiopia

Among scales, a cosmopolitan and polyphagous species, the mealybug Dysmicoccus brevipes Cockerell, 1893 (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), is worthy of attention.

Impacto de diferentes densidades de cochinilla de la pina en un cultivo de mani

Cotton mealybug (CMB) Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Pseudococcidae: Hemiptera) is an economic insect pest of cotton (Wu and Zhang, 2009; Wang et al., 2009), the invasion of P.

Host-plant-preference and Mortality Analysis of Phenacoccus solenopsis in Association with Biochemical Traits of Different Plant Species