Paracoccus marginatus Williams and Granara de Willink

Taxonomic position

Insecta: Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae

Common name

Papaya mealybug

Host Plants

Papaya, Guava, Cocoa, Hibiscus, etc.

For more details, see Muniappan et al., 2009 and CABI.

Image

Photo credit: Dr. Sandeep Singh, Assistant Entomologist, Punjab Agricultural University


Photo credit: S. Srinivasnaik & M. Suganthy, TNAU

References

Muniappan R, Shepard BM, Watson GW, Carner GR, Sartiami D, Rauf A, Hammig MD, 2008, publ. 2009. First report of the papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), in Indonesia and India. Journal of Agricultural and Urban Entomology, 25(1): 37-40.

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