Diversity and Diagnostics of Sternorrhynchan Insect Pests Infesting Arecanut

Authors

  • Vinod Kumar Dubey Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture University of Agricultural and Horticultural Science, Shivamogga 577204, Karnataka
  • Kalleshwaraswamy C. M. Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture University of Agricultural and Horticultural Science, Shivamogga 577204, Karnataka,
  • Sunil Joshi ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bengaluru 560024, Karnataka
  • Shivanna B. K. Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural and Horticultural Science, Shivamogga 577204, Karnataka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55446/IJE.2021.56

Keywords:

Arecanut, Aphids, Karnataka, Mealybugs, Scales, Taxonomic Key.

Abstract

Investigations were carried out in major arecanut growing districts of Karnataka during 2019-2020 to know the species composition of sternorrhynchan pests viz., mealybugs, scales and aphids. A total of 14 species of sternorrhynchan sucking insect pests were recorded in the arecanut growing districts. These belong to five families viz., Coccidae Stephens, Diaspididae Maskell, Pseudococcidae (Heymons) and Aphididae (Buckton). Among these, Coccidae was the species rich. Prococcus acutissimus (Green) was the most predominant species followed by Pseudococcus longispinus (Targioni Tozzetti), Ceroplastes sp. nr. rusci (L.), Chrysomphalus aonidum (L.), Parasaissetia nigra (Neitner), Coccus viridis (Green), Coccus hesperidum L., Pseudaulacaspis cockerelli (Cooley), Pinnaspis aspidistrae (Signoret), Lepidosaphes gloveri (Packard), Ferrisia virgata (Cockerell), Dysmicoccus brevipes (Cockerell) and Cerataphis lataniae (Boisduval). Diagnostics of these with descriptions of taxonomic characters and a key to genera is also provided herein.

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Published

2021-10-27

How to Cite

Dubey, V. K., C. M., K., Joshi, S. ., & B. K., S. . (2021). Diversity and Diagnostics of Sternorrhynchan Insect Pests Infesting Arecanut. Indian Journal of Entomology, 84(3), 509–515. https://doi.org/10.55446/IJE.2021.56

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Volume 84, Issue 3, September 2022

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