Phenacoccus manihoti Matile-Ferrero
Taxonomic position
Insecta: Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae
Common name
Cassava mealybug
Habitat / Crop(s) damaged
Root and tuber crops
Pest status
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Comments
For the control of CMB, Anagyrus lopezi (De Santis) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) was imported from IITA Benin in India in 2021 by ICAR- NBAIR through collaborated efforts with DPPQS. First field release was done on 7th March, 2022 in Yethapur, Tamil Nadu, India by Assistant Director General (PP & BS), ICAR Dr S C. Dubey, Director ICAR- NBAIR M Nagesh, and TNAU team.
References
Gupta, A., Mohan, M., Sampathkumar, M., Shylesha, A.N., Venkatachalam, S.R., Bakthavatsalam, N., 2020. Cautionary note on the presence of Homalotylus turkmenicus Myartseva (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) in the colonies of Phenacoccus manihoti Matile-Ferrero (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in southern India. Journal of Biological Control, 34, 158–160. https://doi.org/10.18311/jbc/2020/25470

Gupta, A., M. Sampathkumar, M. Mohan, A.N. Shylesha, T. Venkatesan, P.R. Shashank, O. Dhanyakumar, P. Ramkumar, N. Sakthivel, B. Geetha. 2021. Assessing adverse impact of the native biological control disruptors in the colonies of the recent invasive pest Phenacoccus manihoti Matile-Ferrero (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in India. Global Ecology and Conservation, Volume 32, e01878, ISSN 2351-9894, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01878

Joshi, S., Pai, S.G., Deepthy, K.B., Ballal, C.R., Watson, G.W., 2020. The cassava mealybug, Phenacoccus manihoti Matile- Ferrero (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) arrives in India. Zootaxa, 4772, 191–194. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4772.1.8

Matile-Ferrero, D. (1977) Une cochenille nouvelle nuisible au manioc en Afrique equatoriale, Phenanococcus manihoti n. sp. (Homoptera, Coccoidea, Pseudococcidae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, New Series, 13 (1), 145–132.​

Sampathkumar, M., Mohan, M., Shylesha, A.N., Joshi, S., Venkatesan, T., Gupta, A., Vennila, S., Venkatachalam, S.R., Vijayakumar, M., Subramanian, M., Yoganayagi, M., Ashika, T.R., Bakthavatsalam, N., 2021. Occurrence of cassava mealybug, Phenacoccus manihoti Matile-Ferrero (Pseudococcidae: Hemiptera), a new invasive pest on cassava in India and prospects for its classical biological control opportunities in India. Current Science, 120, 432–435.
Factsheet Credit
Dr Ankita Gupta, Dr A. N. Shylesha, Dr M. Mohan, Dr M. Sampathkumar, Dr Sunil Joshi and Director NBAIR- Dr M. Nagesh. Web content added by Lavanya G, 21.03.2021