Planococcus citri
Dominica, Niue, Puerto Rico & Vieques Island, Portugal, Kiribati, Poland, San Marino, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Pakistan, New Zealand, Morocco, Mexico, Marshall Islands, Sao Tome and Principe, Lebanon, Switzerland, Japan, Jamaica, Italy, Israel, Madeira Islands, Turkey, Iraq, Zimbabwe, Western Samoa, Vietnam, Venezuela, Uzbekistan, Uruguay, United States of America, Sri Lanka, Turkmenistan, Sardinia, Tonga, Tajikistan (=Tadzhikistan), Taiwan, Syria, Suriname, Spain, South Africa, Sicily, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, Azores, Cook Islands, Comoros, Colombia, China, Cayman Islands, Canary Islands, Bulgaria, Brazil, Bonin Islands (=Ogasawara-Gunto), Costa Rica, Bangladesh, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Australia, Armenia, Argentina, Antigua and Barbuda, Angola, Afghanistan, Iran, Peru, Bermuda, Ghana, Crete, Indonesia, India, Honduras, Guyana, Guatemala, Greece, Hungary, Georgia, Galapagos Islands, Dominican Republic, France, Federated States of Micronesia, Cuba, El Salvador, Egypt, Ecuador, French Polynesia, Grenada, Czech Republic 15956 0
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On Citrus, Phaseolus (Georghiou 1977); on Citrus reticulata, Acacia sp. (Şişman and Ülgentürk 2010); The Citrus mealybug Planococcns citri (R.) has become a very severe problem recently and localized outbreaks are often associated with the destruction, or lack of natural enemies. The damage in many cases persists for a number of years despite the extensive use of chemicals. The coverage of the body of the mealybug by a waxy material as well as the protection given to the pest by the fruit's sepals makes the chemicals inaccessible to their body. Furthermore the sooty mould that follows, as a result of the mealybug presence, increases the level of the damage, because fruits covered with the sooty mould are unsuitable for the market (Krambias and Kontzonis 1980).
Speculated (Demetriou pers. comm.)
Georghiou GP (1977) The insects and mites of Cyprus. With emphasis on species of economic importance to agriculture, forestry, man and domestic animals. Benaki Phytopathological Institute. Kiphissia, Athens, Greece, 347 pp.
Krambias A, Kontzonis A (1980) Establishment of Leptomastix dactylopii (HOW.) in Cyprus. Fruits 35(12): 783-785.
Şişman S, Ülgentürk S (2010) Scale insects species (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Turkish Journal of Zoology 34: 219-224. http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/zoo-0901-23