Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Hibiscus Mealybug, Hirsutus Mealybug, Pink Hibiscus Mealybug, Pink Mealybug
Common Names in French:
La Cochenille De L'hibiscus
Description
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Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 52 meters (170 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
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- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Arthropods
- Class:
Insecta
()
- Insects
- Order:
Hemiptera
()
- Family:
Geometroidea
()
- Subfamily:
Aphidinae
()
- Genus:
Maconellicoccus
()
- (Sulzer, 1776)
- Specific name:
hirsutus
- (Green, 1908)
- Scientific name: - Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green, 1908)
- Specific name:
hirsutus
- (Green, 1908)
- Genus:
Maconellicoccus
(
- Subfamily:
Aphidinae
(
- Family:
Geometroidea
(
- Order:
Hemiptera
(
- Class:
Insecta
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
Ambiguous Synonyms
- Phenacoccus quarternus Ramakrishna Ayyar, 1921
- Pseudococcus hibisci Hall, 1921
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Maconellicoccus pasaniae Tang, 1992
- Maconellicoccus perforatus De Lotto, 1964
- Paracoccus pasaniae Borchsenius, 1962
- Phenacoccus glomeratus Green, 1922
- Phenacoccus hirsutus Green, 1908
- Spilococcus perforatus De Lotto, 1954
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Ben-Dov Y..
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Maconellicoccus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 11 species and subspecies in this genus:
M. australiensis · M. hirsutus (Pink Hibiscus Mealybug) · M. lanigerus · M. leptospermi · M. multipori · M. perforatus · M. ramchensis · M. tasmaniae · M. ugandae · M. hirsutus · M. hirsutus
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Biological Control of Pink Hibiscus Mealybug California Department of Food and Agriculture.Identification/Description; Photographs; Life Cycle; Controls
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) ENG url p. 355, p. 393.
- Current Status of Pink Hibiscus Mealybug in Puerto Rico Including a Key to Parasitoid Species (PDF | 97 KB) Florida Center for Library Automation. Published by: Florida Entomological Society.Distribution; Research
- Hibiscus (Pink) Mealybug USDA. APHIS. Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey. National Agricultural Pest Information System.Photographs; Distribution; Special Note: Links to other sites
- Integrated Pest Management Bibliography - Mealybugs Caribbean Agricultural Information Service.Special Note: Bibliography
- Look Out For The Pink Hibiscus Mealybug - Program Aid No. 1606 (PDF | 766 KB) USDA. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Controls
- Maconellicoccus hirsutus - Data Sheets on Quarantine Pests (PDF | 75 KB) European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization. Taxonomy; Identification/Description; Impacts; Life Cycle; Distribution; Dispersion; Controls
- Maconellicoccus hirsutus Article Citation Search - AGRICOLA Database USDA. National Agricultural Library. Research; Special Note: NAL Catalog Search (resources)
- Pest Alert: Pink Hibiscus Mealybug Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Controls
- Pest Alert: The Pink Hibiscus Mealybug (PDF | 208 KB) USDA. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Identification/Description; Photographs; Life Cycle; Distribution; Dispersion; Controls
- Pink Hibiscus Mealybug (Aug 2006; PDF | 1 MB) University of Florida. IFAS. Miami-Dade County. Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Controls
- Pink Hibiscus Mealybug - Featured Creatures University of Florida. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. Published by: University of Florida. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. / Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.Taxonomy; Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Distribution; Controls; Special Note: References
- Pink Hibiscus Mealybug - TEKTRAN database USDA. Agricultural Research Service. Research; Special Note: These are results from a search of USDA's TEKTRAN database. TEKTRAN includes summaries of recent research results from the USDA's Agricultural Research Service.
- Pink Hibiscus Mealybug Outbreak University of Florida. Cooperative Extension Service. Broward County Extension Education Division. Identification/Description; Photographs
- Pink Mealybug in the Caribbean National Library and Information System Authority of Trinidad and Tobago. Regional Action Programme for Control of the Pink Mealybug. Identification/Description; Introduction History; Habitat; Dispersion; Controls
- The Hibiscus or Pink Mealybug USDA. APHIS. Plant Protection and Quarantine. Identification/Description; Impacts; Life Cycle; Dispersion; Controls
- The Pink Hibiscus Mealybug (Mar 2006; PDF | 77 KB) University of Florida. IFAS. Brevard County. Identification/Description; Impacts
- The Pink Hibiscus Mealybug University of Florida. IFAS. Mid-Florida Research & Education Center. Identification/Description; Photographs; Distribution; Controls; Special Note: PinkMealybug-L (listserve)
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 4, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- LepIndex: The Global Lepidoptera Names Index
- National Invasive Species Information Center, National Agricultural Library, United States Department of Agriculture. Web Site. Accessed May 3, 2008.
- Orthoptera Species File Online, 2.5, 2006.
- ScaleNet
- Systematic Database of the Scale Insects of the World 2004.
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
- Universal Chalcidoidea Database 2005.
- World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesFeb 2, 2006.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 16, 2008:
- Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology, Australian National Insect Collection
- National Chemical Laboratory, IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5462164
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Coc-16097
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 200927
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 263542
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 81.060 based on 12 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
