Maconellicoccus hirsutus

TaxID: 177089

Basic Information

Maconellicoccus hirsutus

Hibiscus (Pink) Mealybug, Pink Hibiscus Mealybug, hibiscus mealybug

Maconellicoccus hirsutus, (also known as the pink, grape or hibiscus mealybug) is a pest of many plants, trees, and shrubs. It infests hibiscus, citrus, coffee, sugar cane, annonas, plums, guava, mango (although, mango mealybug is more problematic), okra, sorrel, teak, mora, pigeon pea, peanut, grapevine, maize, asparagus, chrysanthemum, beans, cotton, soybean, cocoa, and many other plants. The pest forms colonies on the host plant, and if left undisturbed, the colonies will grow into large masses of white waxy coverings on branches, fruiting structures, leaves, and even whole plants, including large trees.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Hemiptera

Pseudococcidae

Maconellicoccus

hirsutus

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Maconellicoccus hirsutus
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Maconellicoccus hirsutus
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Maconellicoccus hirsutus
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Maconellicoccus hirsutus
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(c) Jakovos Demetriou@BY-NC
Maconellicoccus hirsutus
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(c) Jakovos Demetriou@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (122 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

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Quarantine Status (23 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Antigua and Barbuda Quarantine pests —
Argentina Absent 2019
Belarus Absent —
Cambodia Quarantine pests —
Chile Quarantine pests 2019
Costa Rica Present —
Egypt Disinfected-Admitted —
EPPO A2 Present —
Israel Quarantine pest 2009
Republic of Korea Quarantine pests —
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Distribution (104 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

98
Present
6
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Antigua and Barbuda Present —
Aruba Present —
Anguilla Absent —
Algeria Absent —
Netherlands Antilles Present —
United Arab Emirates Present —
Australia Present
Benin Present —
Burkina Faso Present —
Bangladesh Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (2 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_900064465.1 Scaffold - - - - -
GCA_003261595.1 Contig 189 50 50 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR19905683 Whole body Nymphs pooled male and female 14491687 -
SRR19905682 Whole body Nymphs pooled male and female 15783121 -
SRR19905681 Whole body Nymphs pooled male and female 12674814 -

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

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