First Record of Ashwagandha as a New Host to the Invasive Mealybug (Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley) in India

Ashutosh Sharma; Pratap Kumar Pati

doi:10.3157/021.123.0114

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Ashutosh Sharma,¹ Pratap Kumar Pati²

¹CSIR-SRF, Department of Biotechnology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 143005 Punjab, India Email: sharma_tosh_ashu@yahoo.co.in
²Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 143005 Punjab, India. Corresponding author — Email: pkpati@yahoo.com

Abstract

During the post-rainy season (October-March) 2009–10, mealybugs were found on young apical parts and undersides of mature leaves of Withania sommfera (L.) Dunal (Ashwagandha) in the Amritsar region of Punjab Province. They appeared waxy and cottony-white either in clusters or solitary, and moved very little. Host leaves were sometimes deformed and shed prematurely. The mealybugs were identified as Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Tinsley, 1898), (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae). Ants were associated with the mealybug infestation. This is apparently the first record of P. solenopsis infesting Ashwagandha in India.

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Ashutosh Sharma and Pratap Kumar Pati "First Record of Ashwagandha as a New Host to the Invasive Mealybug (Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley) in India," Entomological News 123(1), 59-62, (6 May 2013). https://doi.org/10.3157/021.123.0114

Received: 18 June 2012; Accepted: 1 November 2012; Published: 6 May 2013

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