Pacheco da Silva, V.C., Galzer, E.C.W., Malausa, T., Germain, J.-F., Kaydan, M.B., & Botton, M.I. 2016 The Vine Mealybug Planococcus ficus (Signoret) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) Damaging Vineyards in Brazil. Neotropical Entomology 45: 449–451

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Notes: In the last decade, the incidence of mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in vineyards has increased, especially on crops grown under plastic covering, in the Serra Gaúcha region of southern Brazil where the major Brazilian wineries are concentrated. Eggs, nymphs, and female adults were collected in two highly infested vineyards in Bento Gonçalves City, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.