Joshi, S., Rajgopal, N.N., Amarendra, B., Asritha, C., Karthik, C.M., Venkatesan, T., & Sushil, S.N. 2024 First report of invasive mealybug Hypogeococcus pungens Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) in India. Phytoparasitica https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-024-01214-x

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Notes: In the present paper, the first occurrence of H. pungens was reported infesting two species of Alternanthera (Amaranthaceae) and one species of Portulaca from India.