Planococcus minor (Maskell)

Malumphy, Chris, 2014, An annotated checklist of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Saint Lucia, Lesser Antilles, Zootaxa 3846 (1), pp. 69-86 : 81

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3846.1.3

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BCC369B9-3FAD-41D3-B85C-43D738D0CBA3

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14008949

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA8789-6A34-AE62-FF02-F926FB435F20

treatment provided by

Felipe (2021-06-11 18:06:41, last updated 2024-11-26 00:02:33)

scientific name

Planococcus minor (Maskell)
status

 

Planococcus minor (Maskell) View in CoL — passion vine mealybug ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 , O)

Occurs widely in tropical and subtropical areas of the Americas, Asia, Australia and the Pacific; polyphagous, feeding on plants belonging to 71 families, including many crops and ornamentals. The full host range and distribution is unclear due to confusion between P. minor and the morphologically similar P. citri . Recorded from Saint Lucia by Cox (1989), Williams & Granara de Willink (1992) and Malumphy (2012, on Annona muricata , A. squamosa and Artocarpus altilis ( Moraceae )).

Collection data. Gros-Islet Parish: Rodney Bay, abundant on Codiaeum variegatum , 20.viii.2013. Intercepted in UK (London) on Artocarpus altilis , 10.x.2012, leg. D. Dennis, on A. muricata , 2.vii.2013, 25.v.2014, leg. J. Pollock, 29.vii.2013, leg. D. Dennis (massive population, attacked by Diadiplosis multifila (det. Keith Harris, causing 90%+ mortality, the midge was attacked by a chalcidoid parasitoid), 12.viii.2013, leg. D. Dennis (with Diadiplosis sp. ,? Cryptolaemus sp. and phytoseiid mites), and 14.iv.2014, leg. R. Waghorn .

Cox, J. M. (1989) The mealybug genus Planococcus (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae), Bulletin British Museum (Natural History). Entomology, 58, 1 - 78.

Williams, D. J. & Granara de Willink, M. C. (1992) Mealybugs of Central and South America. CAB International, London, England, 635 pp.

Gallery Image

FIGURE 1. Examples of scale insect pests in Saint Lucia. A, Ceroplastes stellifer; B, Philephedra broadwayi on soursop; C, Duplachionaspis divergens on grass; D, Fiorinia proboscidaria on lime; E, Pseudaulacaspis cockerelli on oleander; F, Pseudaulacaspis pentagona; G, Crypticerya genistae; H, Insignorthezia insignis; I, Lepidosaphes tokionis on croton; J, Pinnaspis strachani on soursop; K, Praelongorthezia praelonga on sea grape; L, Ferrisia dasylii on croton; M, Ferrisia virgata and other mealybugs on sugar apple; N, Nipaecoccus nipae on palm; O, Planococcus minor on croton. © C. Malumphy, except B, D, F, FERA

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

SuperFamily

Coccoidea

Family

Pseudococcidae

Genus

Planococcus