Phenacoccus manihoti(PHENMA)
Distribution details in India
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2020: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2020
First recorded in: 2020
Gupta et al. (2021): first reported from Kerala state of southern India and then in Tamil Nadu.
* Gupta A, Sampathkumar M, Mohan M, Shylesha AN, Venkatesan T, Shashank PR, Dhanyakumar O, Ramkumar P, Sakthivel N, Geetha B (2021) Assessing adverse impact of the native biological control disruptors in the colonies of the recent invasive pest Phenacoccus manihoti Matile-Ferrero (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in India. Global Ecology and Conservation 32, e01878. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01878
* Joshi S, Pai SG, Deepthy KB, Ballal CR, Watson GW (2020) The cassava mealybug, Phenacoccus manihoti Matile-Ferrero (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) arrives in India. Zootaxa 4772(1), 191-194 (abst.).
------- First found during a survey in 2020 infesting Manihot esculenta (cassava), Alternanthera sessilis, Synedrella nodiflora, and Blumea lacera.
* Joshi S, Pai SG, Deepthy KB, Ballal CR, Watson GW (2020) The cassava mealybug, Phenacoccus manihoti Matile-Ferrero (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) arrives in India. Zootaxa 4772(1), 191-194 (abst.).
------- First found during a survey in 2020 infesting Manihot esculenta (cassava), Alternanthera sessilis, Synedrella nodiflora, and Blumea lacera.