Nipaecoccus viridis

Main Authors: Mille, Christian, Henderson, Rosa C., Cazères, Sylvie, Jourdan, Hervé
Format: info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal
Terbitan: , 2016
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Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/4579221
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  • Nipaecoccus viridis (Newstead, 1894) Dactylopius viridis Newstead, 1894: 25. MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Bourail County (Gouaro), 4.IV.2002, on fruits of Annona squamosa, S. Cazères coll.; Kaala-Gomen County (Ouaco Village), 7.X.2002, on twigs of Jatropha gossypifolia, C. Mille coll.; La Foa County (IAC, SRFP), 14.I.2008, on twigs of Vitis vinifera (greenhouse), C. Mille coll.; all Rosa C. Henderson det. (NZAC). PUBLISHED RECORDS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Cohic (1956, 1958a). DISTRIBUTION IN NEW CALEDONIA. — All over the New Caledonian Archipelago. OTHER RECORDS. — Almost cosmopolitan. HOST- PLANTS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Citrus spp., Nerium oleander (Brun & Chazeau 1986), also found on Annona squamosa (Mille 2011), Jatropha gossypifolia and Vitis vinifera. BIOLOGICAL AGENTS. — Cryptolaemus montrouzieri (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and some unidentified hymenopterous parasitoids. NOTE. — Can be a serious problem on newly pruned twigs and branches of Citrus trees and because of this, it is rated as an economic species.
  • Published as part of Mille, Christian, Henderson, Rosa C., Cazères, Sylvie & Jourdan, Hervé, 2016, Checklist of the scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccomorpha) of New Caledonia, pp. 129-176 in Zoosystema 38 (2) on page 150, DOI: 10.5252/z2016n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/4578222