Dysmicoccus brevipes (Cockerell)

Malumphy, Chris, 2014, An annotated checklist of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Saint Lucia, Lesser Antilles, Zootaxa 3846 (1), pp. 69-86 : 80

Dysmicoccus brevipes (Cockerell) — pineapple mealybug

Occurs widely in tropical and subtropical areas of the Americas (including the Lesser Antilles), Africa, Asia, Australia and the Pacific; polyphagous, feeding on plants belonging to 63 families; a major pest of pineapple on which it transmits the Pineapple Mealybug Wilt Disease. Recorded from Saint Lucia by Williams & Granara de Willink (1992) and Malumphy (2012).

Collection data. Intercepted in the UK (London) on Annona muricata , 12.xi.2012, leg. R. Waghorn, 2.vii.2013, 25.v.2014, leg. J. Pollock, 12.viii.2013 and 28.iv.2014, leg. D. Dennis (attacked by Diadiplosis sp. , Cryptolaemus sp. ( Coleoptera : Coccinellidae ), and phytoseiid mites) .