Valid Names Results
Planococcus halli Ezzat & McConnell, 1956 (Pseudococcidae: Planococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Planococcus halli Ezzat & McConnell 1956: 81. Type data: ST KITTS: intercepted at Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., on Dioscorea sp., yam. Holotype, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 10 | Genera: 12
- Anacardiaceae
- Pistacia | WatsonOuKa2021
- Apocynaceae
- Nerium oleander | BenDov1994 Marott1992a
- Asteraceae
- Bidens pilosa | BenDov1994 HodgsoHi1990 HodgsoHi1991 WilliaGr1992
- Celastraceae
- Gymnosporia spinosa | BenDov1994 Cox1989
- Dioscoreaceae
- Dioscorea | WilliaGr1992
- Dioscorea alata | BenDov1994 Cox1989 WilliaGr1992
- Dioscorea cayennensis | BenDov1994 Cox1989 | ssp. rotundata (= Dioscorea rotundata)
- Dioscorea trifida | MatileEt2006
- Euphorbiaceae
- Manihot esculenta | BenDov1994 Cox1989
- Fabaceae
- Arachis hypogaea | BenDov1994 Cox1989
- Cajanus cajan | MatileEt2006
- Poaceae
- Saccharum officinarum | BenDov1994 Cox1989 WilliaGr1992
- Rubiaceae
- Coffea | KondoRaVe2008
- Coffea canephora | BenDov1994 Cox1989 WilliaGr1992
- Pentas lanceolata | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Rutaceae
- Citrus | KondoRaVe2008
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 27
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Barbuda | BenDov1994 Cox1989 WilliaGr1992
- Bermuda | BenDov1994 Cox1989 HodgsoHi1990 HodgsoHi1991 WilliaGr1992
- Brazil | BenDov1994 Cox1989 WilliaGr1992
- Cameroon | BenDov1994 Cox1989
- Cayman Islands | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Colombia | KondoRaVe2008
- Cuba | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Dominican Republic | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Ethiopia | BenDov1994 Cox1989
- Gabon | BenDov1994 Cox1989
- Ghana | BenDov1994 Cox1989
- Guadeloupe | MatileEt2006
- Guatemala | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Guiana | GermaiDeLa2016
- Guyana (=British Guiana) | BenDov1994 Cox1989 WilliaGr1992
- Haiti | BenDov1994 Cox1989 PerezG2008
- Italy | BenDov1994 LongoMaPe1995 Marott1992a
- Jamaica | WilliaGr1992
- Kenya | WatsonOuKa2021
- Liberia | BenDov1994 Cox1989
- Nigeria | BenDov1994 Cox1989
- Panama | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Saint Kitts and Nevis Islands
- Nevis | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Saint Kitts | BenDov1994 EzzatMc1956
- Saint Lucia | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- South Africa | BenDov1994 Cox1989
- Sudan | BenDov1994 Cox1989
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Trinidad | BenDov1994 Cox1989 WilliaGr1992
Keys
- ParsaKoWi2012: pp.10-Aug ( Adult (F) ) [Key to mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) recorded on Manihot spp. (Euphorbiaceae) in the World]
- WilliaGr1992: pp.393 ( Adult (F) ) [Central and South America]
- Cox1989: pp.9 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
Remarks
- Economic Importance: This mealybug is frequently intercepted in the U.S.A. and U.K. on yam tubers (Diospyros spp.) imported from Nigeria and West Indies (Cox, 1989).
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Ezzat & McConnell (1956), Cox (1989) and by Williams & Granara de Willink (1992).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1994: catalog, 361
- Cox1989: description, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, taxonomy, 32-34
- CoxWe1988: taxonomy, 561-571
- EzzatMc1956: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 81-83
- GermaiDeLa2016: host, list of species, 4
- Hodgso1991: distribution, host, 144
- Hodgso1991a: distribution, host, 4
- KondoRaVe2008: distribution, host, 41
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 24
- LongoMaPe1995: distribution, 120
- Malump2012b: distribution, 211
- Malump2014a: distribution, host, 81
- Marott1992: distribution, host, 92
- MarottTr1995a: taxonomy, 70-71
- MatileEt2006: distribution, host, 182
- MazzeoLoPe2014: distribution, 58
- Meurge2011: distribution, 82
- ParsaKoWi2012: taxonomy, 8-10
- PerezG2008: distribution, 216
- SagarrViSt2001a: biological control, 112-116
- Watson2021: distribution, 526
- WatsonOuKa2021: distribution, host, 85
- WilliaGr1992: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 397, 399, 400
- WilliaMa2012: distribution, host, 89
