Hegde, J.N., Chavan, I., Kavya Yadav, G.A., & Darshan, R. 2024 First report of mealybug, Crisicoccus hirsutus (Newstead) on cocoa (Hemiptera, Peudococcidae) from India. Entomon https://doi.org/10.33307/entomon.v49i3.1269

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Notes: During the survey, five species of mealybugs viz., Pseudococcus longispinus (Targioni Tozzetti), Planococcus citri (Risso), Rastrococcus sp., Planococcus lilacinus Cockerell and Crisicoccus hirsutus (Newstead) were found damaging cocoa crop. Among these, C. hirsutus collected from cocoa plantation of Sagara taluk of Shivamogga District, Karnataka, is a new record from India.