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PLANT PROTECTION 1 – Pests, Diseases and Weeds

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<strong>PLANT</strong> <strong>PROTECTION</strong> 1 – <strong>Pests</strong>, <strong>Diseases</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Weeds</strong><br />

LIST OF SOME<br />

SPECIES (contd)<br />

MEALYBUGS.<br />

SCALES.<br />

COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME HOST RANGE<br />

(not exhaustive)<br />

MEALYBUGS (Family Pseudococcidae)<br />

Longtailed mealybug Pseudococcus longispinus Wide host range. Major pest of<br />

glasshouses, indoor plants.<br />

Citrophilous mealybug P. calceolariae Citrus, grapevine, other hosts<br />

Hibiscus mealybug Maconellicoccus hirsutus Hibiscus<br />

Root mealybug Rhizoecus falcifer Many plant species<br />

Wattle mealybug<br />

Woolly giant mealybug<br />

SCALES (several families)<br />

Melanococcus albizziae<br />

Monophlebulus pilosior<br />

Armoured ARMOURED SCALES Family Diaspididae<br />

Scales<br />

Very small

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