O'Hearn, J.S., & Walsh, D.B. 2018 Pumpkin as an Alternate Host Plant for Laboratory Colonies of Grape Mealybug. Journal of Economic Entomology 111(2): 993–995

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GLRV

life cycle

Notes: Rearing laboratory colonies of grape mealybug has proven difficult. To date this is the only successful study to raise grape mealybugs on a cucurbit. Pumpkin appears to be a viable alternate host plant for laboratory colonies of the grape mealybug.