Gutting, A., Zettler, J.A., Zettler, L.W., & Richardson, L.W. 2015 An Update on Mealybugs and Scale Insects (Hemiptera) on Native Epiphytic Orchids in South Florida, Including a New record for Pseudococcus microcirculus (Pseudococcidae). Florida Entomologist 98(2):401-404

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Notes: We provide the first published record that populations of the orchid mealybug, Pseudococcus microcirculus McKenzie (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), occur on epiphytic orchids in both the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge and the Fakahatchee Swamp in the Big Cypress Basin eco-region of South Florida.