Common name
Comstock Mealybug; Cryptic Mealybug; Citriculus Mealybug
Informal group
Insects
Territories
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Other notes
Tropics & subtropics. Found on Morinda citrifolia. Polyphagous, feeding on many crops, particularly citrus, and ornamentals. This is a cryptic species that infests both the roots and aerial parts of its hosts. (Malumpy, C. (2021). Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccoidea) of the Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory))
References
Malumpy, C. (2021). Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccoidea) of the Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory).; Zoological Society of London (2022) A List of the Terrestrial Invertebrates of BIOT, (Including Ecology, Biology, Conservation, Distribution and Collection Notes). Dataset.