First records of two mealybug species in Brazil and new potential pests of papaya and coffee

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-6

  Culik, Mark P ^a   Martins, David Dos Santos ^a   Gullan, Penny J ^b  

^a Fazenda Experimental Bananal do Norte   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bidens pilosa; Carica papaya; Coffea canephora; Dysmicoccus grassii; Eugenia cf. pitanga; Ferrisia malvastra; Ferrisia virgata; Phenacoccus tucumanus; Planococcus minor; Plotococcus capixaba; Pseudococcus elisae

Indexed keywords

ASTERACEAE; BIDENS PILOSA; CARICA PAPAYA; CARICACEAE; CITRUS; COFFEA CANEPHORA; DYSMICOCCUS; EUGENIA; EUGENIA UNIFLORA; FERRISIA MALVASTRA; FERRISIA VIRGATA; HEMIPTERA; INSECTA; MYRTACEAE; PHENACOCCUS; PLANOCOCCUS (INSECT); PLOTOCOCCUS; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE; PSEUDOCOCCUS ELISAE; RUBIACEAE; RUTACEAE;

EID: 33749367336     PISSN: 15362442     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/2006_06_23.1     Document Type: Article

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