First Report of the Papaya Mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), in Indonesia and India

R. Muniappan; B. M. Shepard; G. W. Watson; G. R. Carner; D. Sartiami; A. Rauf; M. D. Hammig

doi:10.3954/1523-5475-25.1.37

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1 January 2008 First Report of the Papaya Mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), in Indonesia and India

R. Muniappan, B. M. Shepard, G. W. Watson, G. R. Carner, D. Sartiami, A. Rauf, M. D. Hammig

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J. of Agricultural and Urban Entomology, 25(1):37-40 (2008). https://doi.org/10.3954/1523-5475-25.1.37

Abstract

The papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus Williams and Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), is recorded from the Oriental Region for the first time, where it was found in Indonesia (Java) and India (Tamil Nadu) in 2008. Papaya mealybug is a polyphagous pest that damages many tropical crops. A native of Central America, it spread to the Caribbean region and South America in the 1990s; since then it has been accidentally introduced to some islands in the Pacific region. The distribution, host range and characteristics of the mealybug are summarized.

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R. Muniappan, B. M. Shepard, G. W. Watson, G. R. Carner, D. Sartiami, A. Rauf, and M. D. Hammig "First Report of the Papaya Mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), in Indonesia and India," Journal of Agricultural and Urban Entomology 25(1), 37-40, (1 January 2008). https://doi.org/10.3954/1523-5475-25.1.37

Accepted: 1 December 2008; Published: 1 January 2008

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