Ferrisia virgata

Ferrisia virgata
An adult Ferrisia virgata with eggs
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Superfamily: Coccoidea
Family: Pseudococcidae
Genus: Ferrisia
Species: F. virgata
Binomial name
Ferrisia virgata
Cockerell, 1893

Ferrisia virgata, commonly known as the striped mealybug, is a species of mealybug belonging to the Pseudococcidae family. Ferrisia virgata parasitizes different crops including cottonplants. Female species are between the 4 and 4,5 millimeters long. The species was discovered and described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1893.[1]

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References

  1. Invasive Species Compendium (2013). Ferrisia virgata


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