Planococcus vovae (Nasonov, 1909)

Zhang, Jiangtao & Deng, Jun, 2023, A study of the mealybug genus Planococcus Ferris, 1950 from China, with description of a new species (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha, Pseudococcidae), ZooKeys 1178, pp. 77-95 : 77

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scientific name	Planococcus vovae (Nasonov, 1909)
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Coccus gossipifera Rondani, 1874: 43.

Pseudococcus (Dactylopius) vovae Nasonov, 1909: 484.

Pseudococcus inamabilis Hambleton, 1935: 112.

Pseudococcus junipericola Borchsenius, 1949: 116.

Planococcus vovae : Danzig 1980: 168.

Planococcus taigae Danzig, 1986: 19.

Material examined.

Beijing: 3 ♀♀, Beijing Forestry University Campus, Juniperus chinensis , 9.vi.2022, coll. Yu-ang Li.

Host plants.

Cupressaceae : Juniperus chinensis , J. chinensis ‘Kaizuka’, J. chinensis 'Kaizuka Procumbens’, J. formosana , J. sabina , Platycladus orientalis ( Yuan and Wei 2022; Wu et al. 2023).

Distribution.

Beijing, Hebei ( Yuan and Wei 2022; Wu et al. 2023).

Remarks.

Good descriptions and illustrations of the adult female can be found in Cox (1989) and Williams and Granara de Willink (1992).

Notes. Planococcus leppulus (Wu, 2000), which possesses oral rim tubular ducts and cerarii numbering two or three pairs only present on posterior abdominal segments, is not included in this study.