First record of Eggplant Mealybug, Coccidohystrix insolita (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), on Guam: Potentially a major pest

By

Moore, Aubrey
Bamba, Jesse
Watson, Gillian W.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014-01-23

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

2

Pages

1--7

Subjects

Coccidohystrix insolita , eggplant mealybug , invasive species

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1042
eLocator: e1042

 

Abstract

The eggplant mealybug, Coccidohystrix insolita (Green) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), is recorded from the island of Guam in the Mariana Islands for the first time. Factors indicating that this introduced mealybug has the potential to become a pest of economic importance for agriculture and horticulture on Guam are discussed.