Planococcus angkorensis (Takahashi, 1942)

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

Planococcus angkorensis (Takahashi, 1942)

Pseudococcus angkorensis Takahashi, 1942: 10.

Planococcus dorsospinosus Ezzat & McConnell, 1956: 75.

Planococcus myrsinephilus Borchsenius, 1962a: 585.

Planococcus sinensis Borchsenius, 1962a: 586.

Planococcus angkorensis : Ali 1970: 89.

Host plants.

Anacardiaceae : Rhus sp.; Araceae : Colocasia esculenta ; Daphniphyllaceae : Daphniphyllum sp.; Euphorbiaceae : Euphorbia sp.; Fabaceae : Pueraria montana (= P. hirsuta ); Melastomataceae : Melastoma sp.; Moraceae : Ficus tinctoria (= F. gibbosa ), Morus sp.; Myrtaceae : Psidium guajava ; Primulaceae : Myrsine africana ; Sapindaceae : Litchi sp.; Scrophulariaceae : Buddleja officinalis ; Urticaceae : Oreocnide frutescens (= Boehmeria frutescens ) ( Ezzat and McConnell 1956; Borchsenius 1962a; Tu et al. 1988; Cox 1989; Martin and Lau 2011).

Distribution.

Hongkong, Taiwan, Yunnan ( Borchsenius 1962a; Tu et al. 1988; Martin and Lau 2011).

Remarks.

Good descriptions and illustrations of the adult female can be found in Ezzat and McConnell (1956), Tu et al. (1988), and Williams (2004).