New record of invasive mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in Turkey

Abstract

This short note reports the first record of the invasive mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in Turkey. It was found on ornamental plants in the city center of Adana (Mediterranean region), but could be a threat to cotton production in the country.

Survey With Checklist of the Invasive Insects to Iraq

“…Distribution: Iraq (Abdul-Rassoul, 1971); widespread throughout Africa and Asia (CABI, 2007). Native to Asia and widespread throughout the tropics and subtropics (Ben-Dov et al, 2010;Florida (Stocks, 2010); Rajasthan (Babu, 2016 (Tinsley, 1898), and it spread to Caribbean and Ecuador (Ben -Dov, 1994), Chile (Larrain,2002), Argentina (Granara de Willink, 2003), Brazil (Culik andGuallan, 2005), Pakistan (Abbas et al, 2005), India (Yousuf et al, 2007), Nigeria (Akintola and Ande, 2008), Sri Lanka (Prishanthini and Laxmi, 2009), Australia (Admin, 2010), Egypt (Abd-Rabou et al, 2010), Indonesia (Muniappan et al, 2011), Iran (Moghaddam and Bagheri, 2011), Cyprus (EPPO, 2011 b), Turkey (Kaydan et al, 2013), Japan (Tanaka and Tabata, 2014); Iraq (Abdul-Rassoul et al, 2015).…”

Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti için yeni kayıt coccoid (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) türleri

“…It was found on ornamental plants and Capsicum annuum (L.) and Lycopersicum esculantum Mill. (Solanaceae) in Turkey (Kaydan et al, 2013). Ibrahim et al (2015) recorded this species as a new pest on tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)…”

“…Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) that are often cryptic in habit, can escape detection during quarantine inspections of plants. If scale insects are introduced without their natural enemies into a new environment they can establish in the new area easily and have the potential to be economically important pests (Miller et al, 2002;Wang et al, 2009;Joshi et al, 2010;Wang et al, 2010;Kaydan et al, 2012;Kaydan et al, 2013;Ülgentürk et al, 2014;Halima-Kamel et al, 2015;Ibrahim et al, 2015). Invasive species can sometimes affect the biodiversity of local organisms, modify habitats and cause extensive environmental and economic harm (Muniappan et al, 2011).…”

Life table parameters of cotton mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley, 1898 (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on four different plants

“…Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley, 1898 (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) (cotton mealybug), was first described by Tinsley (1898) from specimens collected in New Mexico, USA. Cotton mealybug has been found in Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Israel, and Turkey in the Palearctic Region (Kaydan et al, 2013;García Morales et al, 2016). According to Fand & Suroshe, (2015), this pest has caused damage to 202 host plant species from 55 families.…”