Ferrisia virgata (Cockerell)

Zarkani, Agustin, Ercan, Cansu, Apriyanto, Dwinardi & Kaydan, Mehmet Bora, 2023, Studies on mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in Indonesia, with description of a new species and three new country records, Zootaxa 5228 (2), pp. 157-172 : 165

Ferrisia virgata (Cockerell)

Material examined. INDONESIA, Sumatra I., Bengkulu Province, Bengkulu city, Muara Bangkahulu, on Psidium guajava L. ( Myrtaceae ), 20 m a.s.l., 03°45′33.0″ S, 102°16′10.1″ E, 5.iii.2019, coll. A. Zarkani (AZ247), 3 ♀♀.

Comments. The species is polyphagous on ornamentals and fruits, and is known from 78 plant families and 207 genera ( García Morales et al. 2016). It is cosmopolitan, having been recorded from 101 countries ( García Morales et al. 2016). In Indonesia, it has been recorded previously from Irian Jaya ( Williams & Watson 1988; Gavrilov-Zimin 2013), Java ( Keuchenius 1915; Betrem 1937; Ali 1968; Ben-Dov 1994; Williams 2004) and Sulawesi ( Williams 2004).