Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae), an invasive mealybug damaging cotton in Pakistan and India, with a discussion on seasonal morphological variation

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1913, 2008, Pages 1-35

  Hodgson, Chris ^a   Abbas, Ghulam ^b   Arif, Muhammad Jalal ^c   Saeed, Shafqat ^d   Karar, Haider ^e  

^a DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b Pest Warning and Quality Control of Pesticides   (Pakistan)

^c BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^e Entomological Research Sub Station   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Benin; Camaroon; Malvaceae; New Caledonia; Nigeria; North America; P. madeirensis; P. parvus; P. similis; Phenacoccus gossypii; Taiwan; Thailand

Indexed keywords

COCCOIDEA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALVACEAE; PHENACOCCUS; PHENACOCCUS MADEIRENSIS; PHENACOCCUS PARVUS; PHENACOCCUS SOLANI; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE; SOLENOPSIS; STERNORRHYNCHA;

EID: 55849121980     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1913.1.1     Document Type: Article

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