Planococcus citri (Risso 1813) Coccoidea
- Dataset
- Pseudococcidae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) in Uruguay: morphological identification and molecular characterization, with descriptions of two new species
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hemiptera
- family
- Pseudococcidae
- genus
- Planococcus
- species
- Planococcus citri
biology_ecology
Hosts. Polyphagous, reported from 226 species belonging to 83 plant families (García Morales et al. 2016). In Uruguay, Pl. citri was recorded on Bougainvillea sp. (Nyctaginaceae), Euphorbia pulcherrima (Euphorbiaceae), Ficus sp. (Moraceae), Gardenia jasminoides (Rutaceae), Justicia carnea (Acanthaceae), Malus domestica (Rosaceae), Nerium oleander (Apocynaceae), Olea europaea (Oleaceae), Pyrus communis (Rosaceae), Vitis vinifera (Vitaceae) (Granara de Willink et al. 1997), Citrus limon, C. sinensis, C. reticulata (Rutaceae), Ficus carica (Moraceae), Solanum tuberosum (Solanaceae) (Trujillo Peluffo 1930) and Laurus nobilis (Lauraceae) (Ruffinelli 1967).
distribution
Distribution. Australasian, Afrotropical, Nearctic, Neotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic regions (García Morales et al. 2016).
materials_examined
Material studied. URUGUAY: Melilla, ex leaves of Hedera sp. (Araliaceae), 34 ° 45 ’ 11.8 ” S 56 ° 18 ’ 29.8 ” W, 20. iii. 2019, coll. Martínez, V., 1 adult ♀, ECFA No. 197; same locality and collector, ex leaves of coleus scutellarioides (Lamiaceae), 30. iv. 2019, 8 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 211; Montevideo, ex leaves of Hoya carnosa (Asclepiadaceae), 34 ° 51 ’ 58.7 ” S 56 ° 11 ’ 39.1 ” W, 29. i. 2018, coll. Garcia, A., 2 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 21; same locality and collector, ex leaves of Capsicum sp. (Solanaceae), 6. iii. 2018, 2 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 50; same city, ex leaves of Kalanchoe coccinea var. Blossfeldiana (Crassulaceae), 34 ° 46 ’ 04.9 ” S 56 ° 14 ’ 47.8 ” W, 5. iii. 2018, coll. Pacheco da Silva, V. C. and Martínez, V., 2 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 58; ex leaves of Aeonium sp. (Crassulaceae), 34 ° 49 ’ 56.5 ” S 56 ° 13 ’ 18.4 ” W, 3. iii. 2019, coll. Altesor, P., 2 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 177; ex leaves of Ficus lyrata (Moraceae), 34 ° 53 ’ 47.4 ” S 56 ° 07 ’ 16.8 ” W, 7. v. 2019, coll. Pacheco da Silva, V. C., 6 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 223; ex leaves of Nerium oleander (Apocynaceae), 34 ° 53 ’ 49.6 ” S 56 ° 07 ’ 13.8 ” W, 6. xii. 2019, coll. Pacheco da Silva, V. C., 3 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 276; ex flowers of Cannabis sativa (Cannabaceae), 18. x. 2018, coll. Collazo, D. and Rousserie, G., 1 adult ♀, ECFA No. 155; ex fruits and leaves of Solanum lycopersicum, 34 ° 49 ’ 55.4 ” S 56 ° 13 ’ 10.2 ” W, 24. ii. 2019, coll. Pechi, E., 3 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 207; same city, locality and collector, ex roots of Ipomoea batatas (Convolvulaceae), 28. xi. 2019, 2 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 273; Salto, ex fruits of Citrus x limonia (Rutaceae), 31 ° 23 ’ 10.5 ” S 57 ° 43 ’ 01.8 ” W, 14. xii. 2017, coll. Lorenzo, M. E., 2 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 14.