First records of two mealybug species in Brazil and new potential pests of papaya and coffee.
Five mealybug (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) plant pest species: Dysmicoccus grassii (Leonardi), Ferrisia malvastra (McDaniel), Ferrisia virgata (Cockerell), Phenacoccus tucumanus Granara de Willink, and Pseudococcus elisae Borchsenius are recorded for the first time in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. These are the first records of D. grassii in Brazil, from papaya (Carica papaya, Caricaceae), and from coffee (Coffea canephora, Rubiaceae). Ferrisia malvastra is also newly recorded in Brazil, where it was found on Bidens pilosa (Asteraceae). Ferrisia virgata was collected from an unidentified weed and Phenacoccus tucumanus from Citrus sp. (Rutaceae). Plotococcus capixaba Kondo was found on pitanga ( Eugenia cf. pitanga, Myrtaceae) and Pseudococcus elisae on Coffea canephora , which are new host records for these mealybugs.
Culik
Mark P
MP
Instituto Capixaba de Pesquisa, Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural-INCAPER, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brasil. markculik3@yahoo.com
Martins
David dos Santos
Ddos S
Gullan
Penny J
PJ
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D029441:Carica / Q000469:parasitology*; D003069:Coffee / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D005638:Fruit / Q000469:parasitology; D006430:Hemiptera / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000469:parasitology; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000469:parasitology; D018547:Plant Stems / Q000469:parasitology; D013045:Species Specificity
D003069:Coffee