Rodrigues-Silva, N., Silva, G.A., Gontijo, P.C., Galdino, T.V. da S., Ribeiro, A.V., & Picanço, M.C. 2021 Citrus Mealybug Performance and Plant Strata Preference on Different Coffee Varieties. Neotropical Entomology 50:46–52

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Notes: In this study, we evaluated the feeding and oviposition site preferences of the citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri (Risso, 1813) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), when comparing different parts of the canopy of two coffee varieties as well as its fertility and life history parameters.We evaluated the feeding preference, oviposition site choice, and the distribution of different development stages of P. citri on different strata (apical, median, base, and trunk regions) of two coffee varieties, Coffea arabica and Coffea canephora, as well as the associated variations in life history parameters and fertility