First Report of the Mealybug Formicococcus polysperes (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) Infesting Ginger in India

D. M. Firake; S. Joshi; G. T. Behere; G. Momin; N. S. Azad Thakur; S. V. Ngachan

doi:10.3157/021.125.0305

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15 October 2015 First Report of the Mealybug Formicococcus polysperes (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) Infesting Ginger in India

D. M. Firake, S. Joshi, G. T. Behere, G. Momin, N. S. Azad Thakur, S. V. Ngachan

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Entomological News, 125(3):179-185 (2015). https://doi.org/10.3157/021.125.0305

Abstract

The mealybug Formicococcus polysperes Williams (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) is here reported for the first time attacking ginger rhizomes (Zingiber officinale Roscoe (Zingiberaceae)) in Meghalaya State of India. Plants infested by the sap-sucking nymphs and adults of this mealybug turned yellow within 1 to 2 weeks and then started drying from the tip downwards. Infested rhizomes shriveled and eventually dried out. Fields and a nearby storage facility experienced up to 48% crop loss due to the infestation. In this paper we describe the plant damage and the morphological characteristics of F. polysperes from Meghalaya.

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D. M. Firake, S. Joshi, G. T. Behere, G. Momin, N. S. Azad Thakur, and S. V. Ngachan "First Report of the Mealybug Formicococcus polysperes (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) Infesting Ginger in India," Entomological News 125(3), 179-185, (15 October 2015). https://doi.org/10.3157/021.125.0305

Received: 19 February 2015; Accepted: 1 July 2015; Published: 15 October 2015

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