Claim · model-written summary
Planococcus minor was found on both Annona species.
- Taxon
- Planococcus minor
Planococcus minore0 - Outcome
- found on both Annona speciese0
AnnonaVerbatim
e0“The species Ferrisia virgata (Cockerell), Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green), Planococcus minor (Maskell), Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley and Pseudococcus jackbeardsleyi Gimpel Miller were found on both Annona species.”
Title
VITOR C. PACHECO DA SILVA; MEHMET BORA KAYDAN; CHRISTIAN S. A. DA SILVA-TORRES; et al. Zootaxa 2019. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4604.3.8
Other claims from this paper (17)
- Observation Ferrisia virgata was found on both Annona species.
- Observation Maconellicoccus hirsutus was found on both Annona species.
- Observation Phenacoccus solenopsis was found on both Annona species and recorded on these hosts for the first time.
- Observation Pseudococcus jackbeardsleyi was found on both Annona species.
- Observation Dysmicoccus brevipes was found only on soursop.
- Observation Ferrisia dayslirii was found only on soursop; the abstract also reports F. dasylirii as a first host infestation record.
- Observation Ferrisia malvastra was found only on soursop and recorded infesting these hosts for the first time.
- Observation Ferrisia cristinae was found only on sugar apple and recorded infesting these hosts for the first time.
- Observation Planococcus citri was found only on sugar apple.
- Observation Pseudococcus annonae was found only on sugar apple.
- Observation Pseudococcus sp. was found only on sugar apple.
- Observation F. virgata was among the most abundant species, often heavily infesting and damaging fruits.
- Observation Pl. minor was among the most abundant species, often heavily infesting and damaging fruits.
- Observation Ps. jackbeardsleyi was among the most abundant species, often heavily infesting and damaging fruits.
- Observation M. hirsutus was among the most abundant species, often heavily infesting and damaging fruits.
- Observation Pseudococcus annonae was described and illustrated as a new species.
- Method / resource An identification key for mealybug genera on Neotropical annonaceous species was provided.