Planococcus citri (Risso, 1813)

Mille, Christian, Henderson, Rosa C., Cazères, Sylvie & Jourdan, Hervé, 2016, Checklist of the scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccomorpha) of New Caledonia, Zoosystema 38 (2), pp. 129-176 : 151

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https://doi.org/10.5252/z2016n2a1

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scientific name

Planococcus citri (Risso, 1813)
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Dorthezia citri Risso, 1813: 416 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Bourail County (Gouaro), 7.X.2002, on roots & twigs of Portulaca spp., S. Cazères coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC); Boulouparis County (La Ouenghi), 21.VIII.2008, on fruits of Sechium edule, F. Gandet coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC).

PUBLISHED RECORDS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Brun & Chazeau (1980).

DISTRIBUTION IN NEW CALEDONIA. — All over the New Caledonian Archipelago.

OTHER RECORDS. — Almost cosmopolitan.

HOST- PLANTS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Annona spp., Citrus spp., Melaleuca quinquenervia , Musa sapientum , Nerium oleander , Passiflora spp., Phaseolus spp., Sechium edule ( Brun & Chazeau 1980) , recently found on roots of Portulaca spp. ( Mille 2011).

BIOLOGICAL AGENTS. — Cryptolaemus montrouzieri ( Coleoptera : Coccinellidae ).

NOTE. — Not rated as an economic species in New Caledonia.

BRUN L. - O. & CHAZEAU J. 1980. - Catalogue des ravageurs d'interet agricole de Nouvelle-Caledonie. ORSTOM, Centre de Noumea, 125 p.

MILLE C. 2011. - Animaux nuisibles et utiles des jardins et vergers de Nouvelle-Caledonie. Editions SENC (Societe entomologique de Nouvelle-Caledonie), 200 p.

NZAC

New Zealand Arthropod Collection

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Pseudococcidae

Genus

Planococcus