Ferrisia virgata
Ferrisia virgata | |
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An adult Ferrisia virgata with eggs | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
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. F. virgata parasitizes different crops including cottonplants. Female species are between the 4 and 4.5 millimetres (5⁄32 and 23⁄128 in) long. The species was discovered and described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1893.[1]
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[edit]- ^ Invasive Species Compendium (2013). Ferrisia virgata