Open AccessA NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF MEALYBUG ON CALLITRIS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA (HOMOPTERA: PSEUDOCOCCIDAE)
Author(s) -
Brookes Helen M.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1981.tb01012.x
Subject(s) - mealybug , biology , homoptera , genus , ecology , botany , pest analysis
A multicoloured mealybug, Poecilococcus longilobus gen. et sp. n. found on Callitris (Cupressaceae), is described and illustrated. The affinities of the new genus are discussed.