Pseudococcus longispinus (Targioni Tozzetti)

Malumphy, Chris, 2014, An annotated checklist of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Saint Lucia, Lesser Antilles, Zootaxa 3846 (1), pp. 69-86 : 82

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.14008953

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA8789-6A35-AE62-FF02-FDEEFDB85D05

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Pseudococcus longispinus (Targioni Tozzetti)
status

 

Pseudococcus longispinus (Targioni Tozzetti) View in CoL — long-tailed mealybug

Cosmopolitan, restricted to indoor plantings in cooler temperate regions; polyphagous, feeding on plants belonging to 95 families; pest of numerous crops, particularly citrus, and ornamentals. Recorded from Saint Lucia by CABI Crop Protection Compendium (2014) and Malumphy (2012, on Alpinia purpurata (Zingiberaceae) , Annona muricata and Hedychium coccineum (Zingeraceae) , and unspecified cut flowers).

Collection data. Intercepted in the UK (London), on A. muricata , 29.vii.2013, leg. D. Dennis (attacked by Diadiplosis multifila (det. Keith Harris )), and 12.viii.2013, leg. D. Dennis (attacked by Diadiplosis sp. ,? Cryptolaemus sp. , and phytoseiid mites) .

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