Neomaskellia bergii (Signoret)

Taxonomic position

Insecta: Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodidae

Common name

Sugarcane whitefly

Host plants

Saccharum officinarum, S. sinensis, Bambusa sp., Cenchrus ciliaris, Panicum maximum, Paspalum conjugatum, Pennisetum purpureum. Setaria chevaliera, S. italica, Sorghum caudatum, S. halepense, and S. vulgare.

Adults are sluggish with brownish patterns on forewings. Eggs are yellowish, laid in characteristic, concentric, opposite semicircles. Nymphs are brownish.

Natural enemies

Encarsia isaaci (Mani), Encarsia tristis (Zehntner), Eretmocerus adustiscutum (Krishnan & David), Eretmocerus delhiensis (Mani), Eretmocerus neomaskelliae (Abd-Rabou & Ghahari), and Eretmocerus serius (Silvestri).

Pest status

Minor and sporadic.

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