First record of Eggplant Mealybug, Coccidohystrixinsolita (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), on Guam: Potentially a major pest

Aubrey Moore; Gillian W Watson; Jesse Bamba

doi:10.3897/BDJ.2.e1042

First record of Eggplant Mealybug, Coccidohystrixinsolita (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), on Guam: Potentially a major pest

Biodivers Data J. 2014 Jan 23:(2):e1042. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1042. eCollection 2014.

Authors

Aubrey Moore¹, Gillian W Watson², Jesse Bamba³

Affiliations

¹ Western Pacific Tropical Research Center, University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam, United States of America.
² California Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento, California, United States of America.
³ Cooperative Extension Service, University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam, United States of America.

Abstract

The eggplant mealybug, Coccidohystrixinsolita (Green) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), is recorded from the island of Guam in the Mariana Islands for the first time. Factors indicating that this introduced mealybug has the potential to become a pest of economic importance for agriculture and horticulture on Guam are discussed.

Keywords: Coccidohystrixinsolita; eggplant mealybug; invasive species.