Valid Names Results

Paraputo ensete (Williams & Matile-Ferrero, 1999) (Pseudococcidae: Paraputo)

Nomenclatural History

• Cataenococcus ensete Williams & Matile-Ferrero 1999: 146. Type data: ETHIOPIA: Awasa, on roots of Ensete ventricosum, coll. D. Peters, 13.i.1997.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Paraputo ensete (Williams & Matile-Ferrero, 1999); Ben-Dov & Williams 2006: 252. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Associates:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

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Remarks

• Structure: Adult female mealybugs have an elongate-oval body covered with wax secretions on the dorsal and lateral sides. Adult females show pronounced cross wise grooves running down their body. Bright-orange to yellow-orange coloured 1st instarst are barely visible, being 0.5 to 2.7 mm long. They greatly resemble the adults but are significantly smaller. (Addis, et al., 2010)
• Biology: The majority of the mealybugs inhabited the roots (79%), while 21% was found on the corms (Addis et al. 2008b). The root density of enset as well as mealybug populations decreased with increasing soil depth. (Addis, et al., 2010)
• Economic Importance: All the Ensete plants at the type locality were infected by the "Ensete streak virus", which is probably related to Banana Streakvirus (Williams & Matile-Ferrero, 1999). Lemawork (2011) showed that the emtomopathpogenic fungi B. bassiana and M. anisopliae can be used in the integrated management of enset root mealybug. P. ensete was only observed on mats of the Musa cultivar Pisang Awak at backyard gardens where very high infestations of P. ensete on enset plants were present, and in which the rooting zones of the two crops were located closely together, however, the presence and survival of enset root mealybugs on Musa cultivars poses an additional risk for the spread of the pest. (Erenso, et al., 2023)
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Williams & Matile-Ferrero (1999).

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