Hypogeococcus pungens Granara de Willink (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), a Mealybug

EENY-459, a 5-page illustrated fact sheet by Amanda Hodges and Greg Hodges, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this mealybug native to South America, which is sometimes confused with pink hibiscus mealybug, but has far fewer potential hosts — its synonymy, distribution, identification characteristics, life cycle, hosts, economic importance, and management. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, June 2009. EENY 459/IN827: Hypogeococcus pungens Granara de Willink (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), a Mealybug (ufl.edu)

• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  EDIS

• Publication date

  2009-08-31

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.32473/edis-in827-2009
• External record

  Open on Semantic Scholar

• Source metadata

  Semantic Scholar

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