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Issue: Vol. 964 No. 1: 2 May. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-05-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.964.1.1
Page range: 1–8
Abstract views: 52
PDF downloaded: 26

A new pest of tomato and other records of mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) from Espírito Santo, Brazil

Instituto Capixaba de Pesquisa, Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural — INCAPER, Rua Afonso Sarlo 160, 9052-010, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brasil
Department of Entomology, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8584, USA
Hemiptera Antonina graminis Dysmicoccus boninsis Dysmicoccus brevipes Phenacoccus solenopsis Pseudococcus viburni Solanum lycopersicum

Abstract

Three mealybug (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) plant pest species: Dysmicoccus boninsis (Kuwana), Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley, and Pseudococcus viburni (Signoret), are recorded for the first time in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. This is the first record of Phenacoccus solenopsis in Brazil, where it was found infesting tomato plants. The species Antonina graminis (Maskell), a common pest of Bermuda grass, and Dysmicoccus brevipes (Cockerell), a major pest of pineapple, also were encountered.

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