A new species of mealybug in the genus Dysmicoccus (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) of importance in highbush blueberries (Vaccinium corymbosum, Ericaceae) in the eastern United States

Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 440-460

  Miller, Douglass R ^a   Polavarapu, Sridhar ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanth omyops; Ants; Blueberry; Coccoidea; Lasius; Mealybugs; Mutualism; Pest; Pseudococcidae; Ro ots; Vaccinium

Indexed keywords

ACRONICTA LEPORINA; COCCOIDEA; DYSMICOCCUS; ERICACEAE; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; LASIUS; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM;

EID: 0030738746     PISSN: 00138797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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