First record of cassava mealybug, Phenacoccus manihoti (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), in Malaysia

Zootaxa

Volumn 3957, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 235-238

  Sartiami, Dewi ^a   Watson, Gillian W ^b   Mohamad Roff, M N ^c   Mohd Hanifah, Y ^c   Idris, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c Horticulture Research Center Malaysian Agricultural Research Development Institute   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMIPTERA; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; PHENACOCCUS MANIHOTI; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; BODY SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMIPTERA; MALAYSIA; ORGAN SIZE;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; HEMIPTERA; MALAYSIA; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 84931458374     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3957.2.8     Document Type: Article

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